Obama, Romney Battle for Electoral College
Obama, Romney Battle for Electoral College
The race between President Obama and Mitt Romney is closer than ever, including the measure that will decide it: The Electoral College.
Obama leads in states with 201 electoral votes, according to state polling averages compiled by the RealClearPolitics website. Romney leads in states with 191 electoral votes.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
Two-and-half weeks ago, RealClearPolitics gave Obama a lead of 265-191 in the Electoral College, in part because Ohio was considered a “likely Obama” state.
Now Ohio is again a tossup.
The reason: The debate.
Romney’s strong performance in the Oct. 3 debate, and Obama’s relatively poor one, enabled the Republican challenger to close margins in a variety of national and state polls.