Election 2012 Polls: CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC Poll - What the News Networks' Polling Data Are Reporting, from Mixed Results to Tied Numbers

By Michael Oleaga / m.oleaga@latinospost.com (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Nov 06, 2012 10:15 AM EST

Tags Presidential Election 2012, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, swing states, Polling Numbers

The hours are drawing near as the nation waits to know if President Barack Obama will be reelected or welcome the 45^th president in the shape of a former Massachusetts governor.

Meanwhile, polling figures continue to dominate the race with multiple news networks showing different polling numbers for Obama and Romney.

According to the NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll conducted between Nov. 1 and Nov. 3, Obama trounces Romney, by just one percentage point.

With a margin of error of 2.6 percent, Obama received 48 percent to Romney's 47 percent among the 1,475 likely voters surveyed.

ABC News and the Washington Post conducted their own poll between Nov. 1 and Nov. 4 with Obama maintaining and growing his lead. Obama received 50 percent to Romney's 47 percent with a 2.5 percent margin. The poll surveyed 2,345 likely voters.

CBS News collaborated with the New York Times for a poll dating back from Oct. 25 to Oct. 28 where Obama narrowly leads Romney. The incumbent received 48 percent to Romney's 47 percent. The margin of error however is the largest of the networks with four percent.

However, the numbers go neutral from the cable news networks.

According to the CNN and Opinion Research polling data. The poll, surveying 693 likely voters, has the presidential candidates tied at 49 percent.

On the same CNN and Opinion Research poll, based on registered but uncommitted voters, the tie breaks with Obama receiving 50 percent to Romney's 48 percent.

From Fox News, the candidates were tied at 46 percent. The poll surveyed 1,128 likely voters with a margin of error of three percent.

In 2008, Obama won with 365 votes from the Electoral College to McCain's 173 votes. Now in 2012, Obama needs the numbers from 11 swing states to help secure to 270 Electoral College vote, coincidentally, the 11 states are states he won in 2008. The 11 states are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, and combined offer 148 Electoral College votes.