September 26, 2012 05:11 PM UTC

New Polls Say Obama Pulling Away In Ohio, Florida

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• by: Colorado Pols

New York Times:

For weeks, Republicans in Ohio have been watching with worry that the state’s vital 18 electoral votes were trending away from Mitt Romney. The anxiety has been similar in Florida, where Republicans are concerned that President Obama is gaining the upper hand in the fight for the state’s 29 electoral votes…

Those fears are affirmed in the findings of the latest Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News polls of likely voters in both states, which show that Mr. Obama has widened his lead over Mr. Romney and is outperforming him on nearly every major campaign issue, even though about half said they were disappointed in Mr. Obama’s presidency.

Today’s Quinnipiac/NYT/CBS poll has Barack Obama up by fully ten points on Mitt Romney in Ohio, 53-43%, and leading in Florida by 53-44%. Yesterday, a Washington Post poll found Obama ahead in both states but by smaller margins.

Needless to say, if Romney continues to lose ground in these large states, his path to victory becomes much more difficult–and other swing states like Colorado, where Romney is down in the polls but by a consistently smaller margin, become absolute must-win situations.