Battleground polls seem to favor Obama

Two nonpartisan surveys conducted over the past two weeks indicate Obama has a five-point advantage, which is within their sampling errors, in Florida. Both the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist and Fox News polls have the race at 49%-44%.

Other partisan surveys released since the end of the Democratic convention suggest a closer contest. Florida's 29 electoral votes are the biggest catch of the battleground states.

In Ohio, an NBC/WSJ/Marist poll and a Fox News survey each have the president holding a seven-point lead, while an American Research Group survey shows Obama with a two-point edge, well within that poll's sampling error.

Two nonpartisan surveys conducted over the past two weeks indicate Obama has a five-point advantage, which is within their sampling errors, in Florida. Both the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist and Fox News polls have the race at 49%-44%.

Other, partisan surveys released since the end of the Democratic convention suggest a closer contest. Florida's 29 electoral votes are the biggest catch of the battleground states.

In Ohio, an NBC/WSJ/Marist poll and a Fox News survey each have the president holding a seven-point lead, while an American Research Group survey shows Obama with a two-point edge, well within that poll's sampling error.