1. All public polling shows that the President has a double-digit lead among those who

have voted:

--Survey USA found that Obama leads by 19 points (57/38) among those who have

voted already.

-- Rasmussen, a Republican pollster, found that Obama leads by 29 points (63/34)

among those who have voted already.

-- The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll found that Obama leads by 26 points (63/37)

among those who have voted already.-- PPP found that Obama leads by 52 points (76/24) among those who have voted already.

2. Registration numbers strongly favor President Obama:

-- Four in five Ohioans (81 percent) who have registered to vote in 2012 are either

female, younger than 30, or African-American or Latino – all demographics that

strongly favor President Obama.

-- Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of Ohioans who have registered to vote in 2012 – and

the same percentage among those who have already voted – live in counties that

President Obama won in 2008.

3. Early vote numbers strongly favor President Obama:

-- More than half (55 percent) of the early-vote ballots requested so far this year have

been requested by women, 3 percentage points greater than 2008 early voters.

-- 582,402 ballots have been requested this year from precincts that Obama won in

2008, 33,414 more than in from precincts that McCain won.

-- The total number of votes already cast this year (both by mail and in-person) from

precincts Obama won in 2008 is 261,304 – 55,636 more than from precincts McCain

won.

-- Democrats’ margin over Republicans in votes cast has increased by 21,792 compared

with this point four years ago.