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Vote, the overwhelming number of people whove already voted early say that they are backing president obama. mitt romney has a little bit of a better score over obama on the economy. in florida, but in ohio its president obama with the slight edge on who would better handle the economy. >> okay, so what is the interpretation of these numbers, though. does it mean its all about getting out there to vote? i mean, it looks like president obama has the lead with the early voting. >> he does. and act...

Forward. thats his case. the second thing he has, the obama camp is confident about is the ground game. they believe that if they can wrap up some of these midwestern battle grounds like iowa, wisconsin and ohio, it will be very hard for mitt romney to get to 270 electoral votes he needs to take this away from the president. >> heather: well see what happens. ed henry live for us on the phone where he just landed in iowa. well let you go. we know you have a lot of work to do. thanks. >> gregg: a...

The same old ideas that didnt work and offer them up as change. >> chief white house correspondant ed henry is in dubuque, they have met both candidates today. >> and thats right. it gives you the outside influence of iowa here. romney came here to a small town in a small state and the president just wrapped up his rally and trying to turn out the vote. only six electoral votes in this state and you an idea how in the top of the ticket. they are fighting for every electorial vote each one has to...

He has a lot of roots to 270 electoral votes. if you look at candidate b, candidate b isnt even going to florida in the next few days. you can interpret that in one of two ways. a thinks hes already got it won, and the polls dont show that at all, or alternatively he thinks he has to bet he hasnt won, that he cant carry ohio, so he has to go to pennsylvania as john mccain did, as other republicans have over the last 12, 20 years, and they never carried the state. >> so why -- with that number, a...

Who they are going to vote you. i need you the next three days to see neighbors and maybe ones that go by with obama signs, lets talk this through a bit. you see president obama came into office with so many promises that he has fallen so far short. >> heather: that was president obama and governor romney speaking to crowds of supporters today. just three days before the election. they are all making their final push on the campaign trail as the clock ticks down. both candidates looking for the ...

Icing over in red and blue. we are going to have red and blue banners that will rise up in front of the building as each campaign climbs towards 270. why 270? thats how many electoral college votes you need to be president. right now, the key one is ohio, which is why we are going to talk about mitt romneys closing argument for the auto industry. he says he is going to be better than president obama. >> who will do more for the auto industry? not barack obama. fact checkers confirm his attacks o...

Obama and romney. lets just take candidate a and candidate b. who would you want to be right now with the numbers playing? >> you would want to be candidate a assuming thats the unmentionable who is the president of the united states. he has a lot of roots to 270 electoral votes. if you look at candidate b, candidate b isnt even going to florida in the next few days. you can interpret that in one of two ways. a thinks hes already got it won, and the polls dont show that at all, or alternatively ...

Sunshine states 49 to 47%. so much of this race, of course, depends on these two states. ohio and florida. for some insight i want to bring in our nbc news deputy political editor. lets start with ohio good friend. if mitt romney cant win in ohio what would his path to 270, what would his path to victory have to look like. >> makes it very narrow for mitt romney. if president obama wins ohio hes at 261 electoral votes based on our battleground map. if mitt romney gets virginia and florida hes st...

Battleground states. while the national polls appear to be tight, the president is up 6 percentage points according to nbc of likely voters in ohio. what does that tell us? >> i have long believed, we have talked about this, the state polls are the thing to focus on. >> you always maintained that. >> they have the best idea in terms of their sample, women, minorities, the demographics of those states. the other key things in those battleground states is if you take a look t the early vote number...

Enthusiasm. he is not the candidate of change and mitt romney is the cand date of change. the president bushing back and tough on mitt romney and said he is recycling old failed economic policies of the past . that is one way to push back and number two. president said in states like ohio there is progress on the economic front. not enough. there is more ways to go. but here is progress. and the unemployment state wide is 7 percent and that is better than the national rate . if they can win here...