Only 11 days are left until the Election Day on Nov. 6, and out west, President Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney are going head-to-head in battleground states Nevada and Colorado.
According to recent polls gathered by Real Clear Politics, new polls submitted Wednesday from NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist Institute, Gravis Marketing, and Public Policy Polling show Obama holding Nevada - worth six Electoral College votes - with a slight edge of 2.5 percent over Romney, specifically 49.7 percent to 47.2 percent with Real Clear Politics.
The poll from NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist presents Obama leading Romney 50 percent to 47 percent. The Gravis Marketing poll projects a more narrow lead for the president, with Obama edging Romney 50 percent to 49 percent, however stats from Public Policy Polling show the presidebnt up by four percentage points ahead of Romney - 51 percent to 47 percent.
Meanwhile, in the race for Colorado's nine electoral votes, Romney is shown by Thursday's Real Clear Politics statistics to have a razor-thin 0.4 advantage in the polls, leading 48.2 percent ahead of Obama's 47.8 percent. Those stats include a new poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling that show Obama with the lead, 51 percent to 47 percent. And a poll from NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist issued Wednesday shows both candidates tied at 48 percent a piece.
"Right now, Colorado is a coin toss, and the [Obama] edge in Nevada is slight," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the polls, told the Wall Street Journal this week.
According to Miringoff, part of Romney's slim lead in Colorado is due to the Republican closing the gap with Obama by gaining support among women and independent voters in the state. In both Nevada and Colorado, Romney holds a three-point edge when voters are asked which candidate would do a better job of boosting the economy.
By comparison, Obama was viewed favorably in both states by just more than half of voters, the Wall Street Journal reports. In Colorado, 51 percent viewed him favorably and 46 percent unfavorably. In Nevada, 52 percent viewed the president favorably and 44 percent unfavorably.
Obama won both states in the 2008 presidential election.
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