Amid the 2012 Presidential Debate, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been competing intensely with one another to gain control of the Electoral Polls. Although Obama had a foothold early on in the race, it appears as if the American public now has the President and the Republican Governor in a neck and neck race.  Shaping up as a dead heat, the two candidates have continued to target the close states in order to better set themselves up to receive the 270 Electoral College votes required to win the presidency.

Political Science Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, explained both the strategy that each of the candidates' political parties used to determine which states they'd hone in on with their presidential campaigns.

"The states where you know what the voters will do are not important.  The key states are where the polls are close and either candidate stands a chance of winning."

Obama's strong performance in Long Island, New York aside, associate political science professor at the University of Texas in Arlington feels that Republican candidate Romney will continue to give President Obama a serious run for his spot in the White House.

"Everybody thought it would be close and indeed it is.  But Romney does, at this time, seem to be gaining momentum and waging a much better and determined campaign than John McCain did for the Republicans at a similar time four years ago."

Romney showed a noticeable increase in approval within the state of Florida as he'd moved from a one point deficit into a 7-point lead.  According to a seven-day tracking poll taken on a larger scale by Gallup, Romney is at 51% while Obama is lagging behind at 45%. Tuesday's results had Romney over Obama 50-46 and 49-47 on Monday.

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