Romney, Obama step up campaigns as election draws near

Nov 3, 2012

Romney, Obama step up campaigns as election draws near

Michael Gold 1 Comment Nation 2012 Election, Ann Romney, Barack Obama, elections, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, United States

With Election Day less than a week away, U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have both intensified their campaigning efforts in the 2012 election’s key battleground states.

As the time until the end of the 2012 presidential race dwindles, both candidates have been focusing their efforts on swing states like Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia. Read more.

: Supporters are reflected on a teleprompter as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Cheyenne Sports Complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 1, 2012. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supporters attend a rally in Doswell, Virginia on November 01, 2012. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

: Secret Service agents surround the stage where U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Mentor High School in Ohio on November 3, 2012. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

: Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann step off the campaign plane for a rally in Dubuque, Iowa. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: A volunteer for U.S. President Barack Obama is reflected in a mirror that has a quote written on it that is attributed to President Obama at the Obama for America New Hampshire Office in Derry, N.H. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

: Stickers wait in a box for election day at the Licking County Board of Elections in Newark, Ohio. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)

: Supporters of U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney attend a campaign rally in Newington, New Hampshire. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Campaign buttons supporting U.S. President Barack Obama are presented for sale outside Mentor High School, before a campaign rally, in Mentor, Ohio. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

: U.S. President Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign rally at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney greets audience members wearing Romney-Ryan chef’s hats at a campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

: An audience member holds up a handwritten sign asking for inauguration tickets at a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Dubuque, Iowa. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

: Clipboards holding campaign literature for volunteers canvassing for U.S. President Barack Obama are seen on a kitchen table in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

: Audience members with “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose” signs, a reference to TV show Friday Night Lights, cheer during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Newington, New Hampshire. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney greets audience members at a campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

: Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks as his wife Ann looks on during a campaign rally in Newington, New Hampshire. With less than one week to go until election day, Mitt Romney is campaigning across the country. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

: A woman cradles her infant as she listens to U.S. President Barack Obama at a campaign rally at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio. With just three days left until the presidential election, Obama and his opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, are hopping from one “swing state” to the next in a last-minute rush to persuade undecided voters. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio. With just three days left until the presidential election, Obama and his opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, are hopping from one “swing state” to the next in a last-minute rush to persuade undecided voters. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Dubuque Jet Center as his wife Ann Romney and former NASCAR driver Richard Petty listen in Dubuque, Iowa. With less than a week before election day, Romney is actively campaigning in battleground states across the country. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney greet supporters during a campaign rally at Dubuque Jet Center in Dubuque, Iowa. With less than a week before election day, Romney is campaigning in battleground states across the country. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

: Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Dubuque Jet Center in Dubuque, Iowa. With less than a week before election day, Romney is campaigning in battleground states across the country. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport in Mentor, Ohio, on November 3, 2012. Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are running a final weekend of campaigning before handing their fates to voters after a grueling White House race. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

: A U.S. Secret Service member polishes the limousine of U.S. President Barack Obama before a campaign rally at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio, on November 3, 2012. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ann Romney, wife of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, offers pastries to journalists aboard Romney’s campaign plane at Portsmouth International Airport in Newington, New Hampshire. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. President Barack Obama points while speaking at a campaign event at Mentor High School in Ohio, November 3, 2012. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Mentor High School in Ohio, November 3, 2012. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a rally with his wife Ann in Dubuque, Iowa, three days before the election. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney greets audience members at a campaign rally in Etna, Ohio. (Bryian Snyder/Reuters)

: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sits aboard his campaign plane on November 2, 2012, en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With less than one week to go before election day, Mitt Romney is campaigning in Wisconsin and Ohio. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

: Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Screen Machines Industries in Etna, Ohio. With less than one week to go before election day, Mitt Romney is campaigning in Wisconsin and Ohio. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a rally at Screen Machine Industries in Etna, Ohio. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a campaign rally at Lima Senior High School in Lima, Ohio. With four days left in the general election, Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, are racing from swing-state to swing-state in an attempt to sway voters at the last minute. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

: U.S. flags are seen piled up on the stage before U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Hilliard, Ohio, on November 2, 2012. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at Lima Senior High School in Lima, Ohio, on November 2, 2012. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

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