President Barack Obama could breathe easy as polling data indicate California's massive Electoral College votes will go in his favor.
According to two polls in California, Obama leads Republican candidate Mitt Romney by double digits.
SurveyUSA has Obama leading Romney 53 percent to 39 percent. Despite the 14 percent spread, it is down from a month ago.
"Obama had led by 22 points in a SurveyUSA tracking poll released 4 weeks ago. Obama leads by 14 points today, an 8-point improvement for Romney," noted Survey USA.
The poll was gathered between Oct. 7 and Oct. 9 and has a margin of error of 4.3 percent.
The Reason-Rupe poll was conducted from Oct. 11 to Oct. 15 with 508 likely voters and a margin of error of 5.1 percent.
The poll featured not only Obama and Romney but third party candidates such as the Green Party's Jill Stein and Libertarian Gary Johnson.
Despite the addition of the third party candidates, Obama has a 15 percent lead with 53 percent to Romney's 38 percent. Johnson received two percent and Stein one percent.
Reason-Rupe also asked undecided voters which candidate they lean more towards, while 34 percent stated they don't know or refused to answer, Romney won with 24 percent to Obama's 23 percent.
Real Clear Politics has averaged multiple polls dating back from Sept. 6 to Oct. 15 and show Obama leading with 54.3 percent to Romney's 37.5 percent, a 16.8 percent spread.
California offers the most Electoral College votes with 55, ahead of Texas' 38 and New York and Florida's 29.
The last time California voted Republican was in 1988 for George H.W. Bush, at the time winning 47 of California's Electoral College votes.
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