However republicans are claiming that they are gaining momentum and steaming toward victory, President Barack Obama is still confident about his victory.
For republican challenger Mitt Romney things are a lot tougher than they were in 2008, Politico, an influential news site focused on politics, reported noting the race is tighter and enthusiasm lower.
If the Obama campaign claims to have made 44 million phone calls, 3.8 million door knocks and one million new voter registrations, Republicans boast of 45 million voter contacts by last Saturday - up from the 24 million Bush-Cheney 2004 benchmark.
Meanwhile the latest poll released by Times has shown another view of the story. As the two candidates continued their push through swing states the Time poll in the critical battleground of Ohio showed Obama holding a five point edge over Romney two weeks ahead of Election Day. The Time Magazine poll released Wednesday showed Obama at 49 percent and Romney at 44 percent in the state, within the poll's three point sampling error.
The number was derived from a survey of people who said they would vote Nov 6, and people who said they've already cast their ballot.
On average among the polls, Romney led by 0.3 percentage points, the same as his average margin in the previous edition of the same polls.
(With inputs from IANS)
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