PPP Ohio poll: Obama 51, Romney 47

The latest from the folks at Public Policy Polling, showing Barack Obama gaining a couple points on Mitt Romney since last week in Ohio, as the president has in most states tested by PPP this week:

It's starting to look like Obama might have turned the corner with his wins in the second and third debates. When asked who they think won the debates as a whole Obama wins out 45/43, suggesting he really fixed his problems from the first debate with the second two. Obama's approval is on positive ground at 51/48, while Romney's favorability is in negative territory at 47/51. Ohioans trust Obama over Romney on both the economy (52/46) and foreign policy (54/44). ... Obama's lead in Ohio comes thanks to big advantages among women (55/43), African-Americans (86/12), and young voters (60/36). Romney's winning with men (52/46), whites (52/46), and seniors (54/45) but he would need to win those groups, particularly whites and men, by considerably wider margins if he was going to take the state.

The Ohio Newspaper Organization poll from earlier, showing the race tied, has gotten a ton of buzz. But those numbers are a little dated and most the recent surveys — PPP, CNN and Time — tend to confirm the conventional wisdom that Obama still has a bit of a buffer in the Buckeye State.