Politics
Election 2012: Obama leading in Wisconsin, Virginia
U.S President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (r). PHOTO/AP
Two states that Barack Obama won in 2008 – after going for former President Bush in 2004 – are now split between President Obama and Mitt Romney, according to the latest Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times swing state poll.
Obama, leads Romney in Virginia, 49 percent to 45 percent, thanks in part to strong support from women and black voters.
In a third important state, Wisconsin, Obama has a 6-point lead over Romney, 51 percent to 45.
In Colorado, white voters in the state back Romney, 54 percent to 41 percent. Two thirds of Hispanic likely voters – who make up about one in 10 likely voters in the state – support the president, giving him 40-point lead over Romney among Hispanics.