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Tory Dunnan
Washington

Tory Dunnan
Washington

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It looks like the race for the White House will come down to 15 states.
As Tory Dunnan explains, both candidates started off the week focusing on those key places.

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THIS WEEK A NEW CNN POLL OF POLLS CAME OUT-
IT'S AN AVERAGE OF THREE RECENT NATIONAL POLLS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY ARE TIED AT 45 PERCENT A PIECE.
SEVEN STATES WILL BE TOSSUPS ACCORDING TO CNN ANALYSIS.
FLORIDA, COLORADO, NEVADA, IOWA, VIRGINIA, OHIO, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ON TOP OF THAT - THERE ARE ANOTHER OTHER EIGHT STATES THAT LEAN EITHER TOWARDS ROMNEY OR OBAMA.
THESE STATES ARE GETTING THE ATTENTION OF BOTH CAMPAIGNS.
ON MONDAY, THE PRESIDENT SAT DOWN WITH A HANDFUL OF LOCAL TV STATIONS - FIVE OF THE EIGHT ARE IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS - IT SHOWS WHERE BOTH OBAMA AND ROMNEY HAVE GIVEN THOSE LOCAL INTERVIEWS.
ROMNEY WILL HIT SIX STATES IN A BUS TOUR THAT STARTS THIS FRIDAY.
THREE BATTLEGROUND STATES - OHIO, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IOWA.
THE OTHER STATES ARE CURRENTLY LEANING IN OBAMA'S FAVOR.
AND... AS YOU'D EXPECT... HE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE THINKS PRESIDENT OBAMA QUOTE - "LEFT AMERICAN FAMILIES TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF HIS FAILED POLICIES."
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AS YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES - THEIR MAIN FOCUS IN THESE KEY STATES APPEARS TO BE THE ISSUE ON THE MINDS OF MANY VOTERS - THE ECONOMY.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M TORY DUNNAN, BACK TO YOU.

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