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N.C moved from 'lean Romney' to toss up category

Real Clear Politics, the website that collects polls, has moved North Carolina from the lean Romney column back into the toss up category.

But the polls have been all over the map.  But the Real Clear Politics polling average still  has Romney at 50.3 percent at Obama at 46.5 percent.Two new Republican-leaning polls shows the former Massachusetts governor maintaining a small but significant lead.

Rasmussen poll gives Romney 6-point lead after debates

A new Rasmussen flash poll after the second presidential debate gives Mitt Romney high marks.

The Republican-leaning polling firm puts the Republican candidate ahead by six points. Romney received 52 percent support among likely voters to 46 percent for President Barack Obama.

A week ago, Rasmussen found Romney ahead by three points. The newer numbers give Romney a bigger lead than other polls suggest. The Democratic firm Public Policy poll put the race at 2 points.

Romney received no bump from debate performance in NC poll shows

Gov. Mitt Romney apparently did not receive a bump in North Carolina after his strong debate performance last week, a new poll suggests.

A Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday found Romney leading President Barack Obama in North Carolina by a 51-48 percent margin.  The survey was taken Oct. 9th, about a week after the debate.

That is about the same lead Romney had in the last Rasmussen Reports poll taken before the debate. That survey, conducted Oct 2nd, showed Romney leading Obama by a 51 to 47 percent margin.

Romney has held steady at 51 percent support throughout the fall, while Obama's support has inched up from 45 percent in September to 47 percent a week ago and 48 percent now, according to Rasmussen.

Rasmussen, which generally has findings slightly more favorable to Republicans than other polls, says the race remains a toss-up.

The survey of 500 voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent.

New poll finds Romney moving into lead in NC

Republican Mitt Romney has a five point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.

The Republican-leaning survey found Romney with 49 percent, Obama with 44 percent, three percent preferring another candidate, and four percent undecided.

Other recent polls have found the race closer.

Rasmussen: Obama leads in four key swing states including N.C.

President Barack Obama holds a three point lead over Mitt Romney in four key swing states that may decide the race to the White House, according to a new survey.

Obama leads the former Massachusetts governor by a 47-44 margin in combined polling in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, according to a new survey by Rasmussen Reports, an Asbury New Jersey firm that leans conservative.

The poll of 500 likely voters was conducted March 31-April 5 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent.

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