President Barack Obama is leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney by double-digits, but several points down from his 2008 election victory.
Obama won New Jersey's 15 Electoral College votes in 2008 with a 15.6 percent spread. Obama received 57.3 percent to Arizona Senator John McCain's 41.7 percent.
Now in 2012, Obama remains in double-digits but latest polling figures show the president down between five to eight percent.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,319 likely voters and showed the president with half the lead from 2008. The poll presented Obama with 51 percent to Romney's 43 percent, with a margin of error of 2.7 percent.
The polling data rebounds for Obama in the double-digit territory starting with the SurveyUSA.
"Obama's entire margin of victory comes from women, where he leads by 27 points. The contest is tied among men. Obama leads among young and old, the educated and the less educated," noted SurveyUSA.
Their poll shows Obama with 54 percent to Romney's 40 percent among the 577 likely voters. However, the margin of error increased compared to Quinnipiac with 4.2 percent.
The Philadelphia Inquirer polled in New Jersey and with 601 likely voters giving Obama a 10 percent lead.
Global Strategy Group President Jefrey Pollock, the Democratic pollster for the Inquirer poll, stated, "Everybody knows, and knew going into the thing, that the 2008 election could not be replicated. The president is dealing with tighter races."
In terms of the Electoral College, New Jersey has lost one vote compared to 2008. Real Clear Politics (RCP) predicts Obama to win the state's 14 votes.
RCP, which averages multiple polling data, maintains Obama in the double-digit lead with 52.3 percent to 40.5 percent - a 11.8 percent lead.
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