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Pew poll puts Mitt Romney in lead; Gallup puts Barack Obama ahead

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack

Photo credit: AP | Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama speak during their first presidential debate at the University of Denver in Colorado. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Two recent national polls showed one of the presidential candidates moving ahead of the other.

They just couldn't agree on which one.

A Pew Research Center survey of likely voters conducted Oct. 4 to Oct. 7 gave Republican nominee Mitt Romney a four- percentage point lead over President Barack Obama. A Gallup poll of registered voters Oct. 1 to Oct. 7 showed Obama advancing over Romney...

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