President Barack Obama is showing the first improvement among registered voters in the past couple of days, the latest Gallup Daily tracking results reveal. In the past few days, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has seen a surge of support among both registered and likely voters, pushing him ahead of Obama in both groups.
The Gallup Daily tracking reports, which have seen a clear tilt towards the GOP candidate, may experience a reversal in poll numbers following Obama's successful second presidential debate performance.
According to Thursday's Gallup tracking, Romney maintains the lead among registered voters with 48 percent but Obama saw a one-point increase in the last 24 hours, putting him closely behind at 47 percent. Obama enjoyed a wider margin lead last week, when he was five points ahead of Romney among registered voters.
The GOP challenger continued to widen his lead among likely voters on Thursday, leading Obama by seven points, 52 percent to 45 percent. Romney has enjoyed a small lead since early this week and has only widened the gap from Obama. The Republican candidate saw the biggest jump among likely voters from Tuesday to Wednesday, when he rose by four points.
The results from Thursday's Gallup tracking contradict those found by Reuters/Ipsos Daily tracking, which found Obama in the lead with 47 percent over Romney's 44 percent. Gallup's Daily tracking included the night of the second presidential debate.
The president was largely seen as the victor of the town hall-style debate at Hofstra University on Tuesday. Obama was awarded a slight lead in most post-debate instant polls, but saw a 24-point margin win against Romney according to poll results by SurveyUSA of California.
Obama also saw a slight improvement in his job approval and job disapproval ratings in Thursday's Gallup Daily. The president's approval rating rose by one point to 50 percent, while his disapproval rating dropped a point to 44 percent.
While Romney has enjoyed an incredible surge in poll numbers followed his strong performance during the Denver debate, Obama's winning performance during the Hofstra debate may reverse those gains.
Obama and Romney have one more chance to appeal to voters nationwide before the November 6 presidential election. The final presidential debate will be held on October 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. and will focus on foreign policy. The last debate will be moderated by Bob Schieffer.
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