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Meanwhile, Romney holds a very narrow edge nationwide in the aggregated surveys he leads by 51%-46% among likely voters in Gallup's daily poll. That gives the president a wider path to the 270 votes in the Electoral College needed to win the White House. Romney leads in Florida and North Carolina. According to polls aggregated by (and posted online on USA TODAY's Presidential Poll Tracker), the president is ahead by a tick in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin. Statewide surveys in the battlegrounds give Obama has a slightly stronger standing than his rival. "In this close an election, anything could happen," cautions political scientist John Aldrich of Duke University. And Florida and other states have tried to redress the ballot mishaps that plagued that election.īut the ingredients are clearly present in 2012 for another difficult Election Day and long election night - with potentially catastrophic repercussions for the budget and tax negotiations slated to follow in hopes of preventing the federal government from falling off the "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year. Some of the soap-opera elements that fueled the electoral drama 12 years ago don't apply this time (for instance, one candidate's brother isn't governor of the most critical battleground). A crucial Florida recount that was settled by a 5-4 Supreme Court decision. Disputes over butterfly ballots and hanging chads. WASHINGTON - The final chapter of the 2000 presidential campaign is hard to forget: One winner in the Electoral College, another in the popular vote. New voting procedures in some states could create disputes on Election Night.If election were held today, polls indicate there could be a split decision between Electoral College, popular vote.