2012 Polls Offer Mixed Message: Barack Obama Holds Edge In Swing States, Close Contest Nationwide

October 19, 2012 - As they often do, the new polls released on Thursday sent something of a mixed message on where the presidential race now stands.

Two new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist College polls gave President Barack Obama comfortable leads in two battleground states, Iowa and Wisconsin, while a new Gallup Daily tracking poll gave Republican nominee Mitt Romney a 7-point lead nationwide. Not surprisingly, another dozen or so polls conducted nationally and in key states found results somewhere in between.  Read more at huffingtonpost.com.

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