As of 10:00pm Tuesday night, according to a number of news organization, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a slight lead over President Barrack Obama.
Romney has 158 electoral votes, while Obama is at 147. The number of electoral votes needed to win is 270. As for the popular votes, Romney is at 50 percent, while Obama is at 48 percent. These polls are according to CNN News.
Presidential polls released Monday; show that Americans are torn between the two choices.
According to the Huffington Post, Obama is currently at 47.9 percent, while Romney is at 46.8 percent.
Other major polls such as PPP, Ipsos/Reuters, CNN, Pew, and NBC/Wall Street Journal also reveal that Obama has a slight lead over his opponent. Polls such as Rasmussen and Zogby/ Newsmax show that both the candidates are tied at 49 and 47 percent respectively.
According to National Journal correspondent Major Garrett told CBS News, ""We don't know the size of the political universe. It's not going to be 2008. It's not going to be that robust for President Obama it's not going to be that slack for Mitt Romney. It may be like 2004, which could mean for Mitt Romney it's really, really close."
The poll for each individual state can be found here.
After weeks of lagging slightly behind former Governor Romney, President Obama finally took a one point percent lead last week. According to the Reuters/Ipsos Obama is 47 percent among likely voters while the former Massachusetts governor is at 46 percent in the poll released Tuesday.
The same poll reveals that 53 percent of registered voters think Obama will be elected for his second term as president in the upcoming elections, while only 29 percent seem to think Romney will win.
