Obama Holds Advantage Heading Into Final Week

An Associated Press analysis finds President Obama “is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney’s attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-important Ohio.”

“While in a tight race with Obama for the popular vote, Romney continues
to have fewer state-by-state paths than Obama to reach 270. Without
Ohio’s 18 electoral votes, Romney would need last-minute victories in
nearly all the remaining up-for-grabs states and manage to pick off key
states now leaning Obama’s way, such as Iowa or Wisconsin.”