Contra Kos, this poll is now entirely post Thursday-Fri-Sat. The full weight of the jobs report, the Big Bird foolishness, and Romney's mea culpa about the 47% is contained therein. Sun-Mon-Tue sample. Tomorrow is likely to be a Romney gain, because a very strong Sunday (for some reason Obama did very well in most polls on Sunday with Monday numbers looking like Saturday's) for Obama is dropping off tomorrow.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 48% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 47%. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.
Eight percent (8%) of Republicans and unaffiliated voters currently are undecided or plan to vote for some other candidate. Only two percent (2%) of Democrats are uncommitted to one of the major party candidates.
Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update).
Our daily Swing State update is released at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. For the second straight day, Romney is slightly ahead in the 11 key swing states. This is a significant change. For virtually the entire campaign, Obama has done better in the swing states than in the national averages. It remains to be seen whether this is a lasting change in the race or merely a temporary aberration.
The race between Obama and Romney is tied in Nevada. Republican Dean Heller is narrowly ahead in the Nevada Senate race.
In Connecticut, the president has a six-point lead. In the Connecticut Senate race, Democrat Chris Murphy is up five.
Post-debate polling shows that Romney and the president are within two points of each other in Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Iowa and Colorado. All remain Toss-Ups in the Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections. In the Senate Balance of Power projections, Democrats have the edge 49-45 with six states as toss-ups.
(Presidential Job Approval Data Below)