Polls For Tuesday, October 16th

Here are the polls for today. The obvious one that jumps out right away is the Gallup poll which shows Mitt Romney up 4 points nationally.

But does it matter? The swing state polls haven't really moved that much and with Ohio still polling 2-3 points  that puts the president at 255 so all he needs is Wisconsin and Iowa which have been consistently in the president's column for the entire campaign. A good debate tonight (regardless of what Mitt Romney does) will help cement this lead.

The other poll to take note of is the one in my home state where Bachmann is leading Jim Graves by 9 points. The race seemed much tighter than this in recent polls.

General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Gallup Tracking	Romney 50, Obama 46	Romney +4
General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Rasmussen Tracking	Romney 49, Obama 47	Romney +2
General Election: Romney vs. Obama	IBD/TIPP Tracking	Romney 46, Obama 47	Obama +1
New Hampshire: Romney vs. Obama	Suffolk/7News	Obama 47, Romney 47	Tie
Pennsylvania: Romney vs. Obama	Quinnipiac	Obama 50, Romney 46	Obama +4
Colorado: Romney vs. Obama	WeAskAmerica	Romney 48, Obama 47	Romney +1
Iowa: Romney vs. Obama	WeAskAmerica	Obama 49, Romney 46	Obama +3
New Jersey: Romney vs. Obama	Quinnipiac	Obama 51, Romney 43	Obama +8
Indiana: Romney vs. Obama	Rasmussen Reports	Romney 54, Obama 41	Romney +13
Washington: Romney vs. Obama	SurveyUSA	Obama 54, Romney 40	Obama +14
Massachusetts: Romney vs. Obama	Rasmussen Reports	Obama 57, Romney 42	Obama +15
Montana Senate - Rehberg vs. Tester	Rasmussen Reports	Rehberg 48, Tester 48	Tie
Pennsylvania Senate - Smith vs. Casey	Quinnipiac	Casey 48, Smith 45	Casey +3
New Jersey Senate - Kyrillos vs. Menendez	Quinnipiac	Menendez 55, Kyrillos 37	Menendez +18
Washington Governor - McKenna vs. Inslee	SurveyUSA	Inslee 47, McKenna 44	Inslee +3
Washington Governor - McKenna vs. Inslee	Rasmussen Reports	Inslee 47, McKenna 45	Inslee +2
New Hampshire Governor - Lamontagne vs. Hassan	Suffolk/7News*	Lamontagne 38, Hassan 41	Hassan +3
North Carolina Governor - McCrory vs. Dalton	Rasmussen Reports	McCrory 52, Dalton 38	McCrory +14
North Carolina Governor - McCrory vs. Dalton	PPP (D)*	McCrory 47, Dalton 37	McCrory +10
Minnesota 6th District - Bachmann vs. Graves	KSTP/SurveyUSA	Bachmann 50, Graves 41	Bachmann +9
President Obama Job Approval	Gallup	Approve 49, Disapprove 45	Approve +4
President Obama Job Approval	Rasmussen Reports	Approve 48, Disapprove 51	Disapprove +3
Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable	USA Today/Gallup	Favorable 51, Unfavorable 48	Favorable +3
Romney: Favorable/Unfavorable	USA Today/Gallup	Favorable 52, Unfavorable 44	Favorable +8