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Electoral College Update: Obama has small but decisive lead heading into final weekend

President Obama has taken the narrowest of leads in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy with an average poll lead of one-tenth of one percentage point. Obama is ahead in five of the ten most recent nationwide polls, Mitt Romney leads in two and three are tied. On Monday, Romney led in six of the ten most recent polls. Obama leads in states with 277 electoral votes — more than enough to win if he just hangs on.

Electoral College Update: It’s TIGHT, with Romney up in popular vote, Obama clinging to Electoral edge

There’s very little change in national polling since the final presidential debate. Mitt Romney is ahead in six of the ten most recent nationwide polls, President Obama leads in three and one is tied. If you average them out, Romney is ahead by 0.9 points. Obama, however, clings to a narrow edge in the Electoral College count.

Six things that Joe Biden, Paul Ryan must do in their VP debate

Historically, says Emory University debate coach Bill Newnam, “vice presidential debates have not mattered.”

But in the aftermath of President Obama’s disastrous performance in last Wednesday night’s first presidential debate, which helped Republican Mitt Romney erase the Democratic incumbent’s yearlong lead in the polls, “the stakes in Thursday night’s debate are astronomical for both candidates,” notes University of Michigan debate director Aaron Kall.