Mitt Romney-Barack Obama race boils down to turnout

October 17, 2012 9:37 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

Photo credit: AP | Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney heads back to his seat after speaking during the second presidential debate with President Barack Obama at Hofstra University in Hempstead. (Oct. 16, 2012)

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With less than three weeks left until Election Day, the presidential campaigns turn their strategies from defining their candidacies to drawing their likely supporters to the polls.

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