Obama likely to win second term: website

WASHINGTON: According to American media, even though the race for the White House remains very close with a little more than a week to go before Election Day, the advantage is still with President Obama.

The latest analysis by Huffington Post, a US news website regarding the race points out that Mitt Romney has many fewer paths to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

For now, it seems likely Obama will win with at least 277 electoral votes from 21 states, including Ohio, while Romney would win 206 votes from 23 states, including North Carolina.

The five states that could go either way, according to the website, are Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Virginia.

Romney leads in Florida. In Virginia Obama enjoys a 48 percent support, whereas Romney 47 percent. There in New Hampshire the incumbent US president has 49 percent of the votes and his rival 47 percent. Republican Romney leads in Florida with 48 percent support over Obama having 47 percent. Colorado shows a tie between the two runners.