New Pew poll shows Obama in lead as he and Mitt Romney make final push toward Election Day

President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney both set out on four-state campaign marathons Sunday morning, as a batch of new polls showed Obama holding on to slim leads in a handful of states that could swing the election.

Also, a new poll from the Pew Research Center found Obama with a three-point lead over Romney nationwide. Less than a week earlier, the same poll had the two candidates tied at 47 percent. But, by Sunday, Obama was ahead, 48 percent to 45 percent.

The Pew poll seemed to indicate that Obama’s chances had been helped by his handling of Hurricane Sandy, which included praise from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), a vocal Romney supporter. The Pew poll found that 69 percent of all likely voters approved of the way Obama is handling the storm’s impact, a number that included 63 percent of swing voters.

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