Date(s) Obama Romney 11/1-4/2012 49% 46% 10/22-28/2012 48% 48% 10/21-27/2012 48% 47% 10/20-26/2012 48% 48% 10/19-25/2012 48% 48% 10/18-24/2012 48% 47% 10/17-23/2012 48% 47% 10/16-22/2012 47% 48% 10/15-21/2012 47% 48% 10/14-20/2012 46% 49%

These are the results when registered voters are asked: "Suppose the presidential election were held today, and it included Barack Obama and Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's candidates and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the Republican Party's candidates. Who would you vote for [ROTATED: Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the Democrats (or) Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the Republicans]? Those who are undecided are further asked if they lean more toward Obama and Biden or Romney and Ryan and their leanings are incorporated into the results. Each seven-day rolling average is based on telephone interviews with approximately 3,050 registered voters; Margin of error is ±2 percentage points. Results from April 15 through May 6 are based on five-day rolling averages with approximately 2,200 registered voters each; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points. Editorial note: Due to a technical issue, the May 1-5 data point is not displayed at this time.