According to the latest Real Clear Politics average, President Obama leads GOP nominee Mitt Romney in Iowa, while Romney leads Obama by a slim margin in Colorado.
In Iowa, RCP's average show the president leading the Republican by two points.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Iowa voters reveal Obama and Romney each earning 48 percent of support.
Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling shows that Romney is leading Obama 49-48.
On Thursday, the president's first stop on his campaign's 48-hour fly-around-campaign marathon extravaganza was in Iowa.
"It's up to you, Iowa -- right here, right now, today," the president said. "You've got a chance to choose the path that we're going to take from here. It's up to the young people who are here today to choose the future that you want to see. You can choose the top-down policies that got us into this mess, or you can choose the policies that are helping us to get out of this mess. You can choose a foreign policy that is reckless and wrong, or you can choose the kind of leadership that I've shown that's steady and strong and clear -- sends clear messages to our allies and to our enemies. You can choose to turn back the clock 50 years on women and immigrants and gays. "
According to several reports, in Iowa on Friday, Romney will deliver a "closing speech framing the economic choice facing voters."
In Iowa, registered Democrats requested 241,069 absentee ballots and returned 175,019 as of Tuesday, according to the Iowa Secretary of State's office. Republicans requested 167,982 and returned 118,716. More than 132,400 independent voters requested ballots.
According to Real Clear Politics average, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is leading by a very slim margin in Colorado. Romney is holding on to a 0.2 percent lead over President Obama, 47.8 to 47.6.
The president made his 11th visit in Colorado yesterday and begged for their support.
Romney and running mate Paul Ryan were also in Colorado and told voters that the state will give the Republican Party a win on Nov. 6.
"We're on the home stretch now and I think the people of Colorado are going to get us all the way there. What do you think?," Romney said. "What you're seeing across this country as we've had these debates and as Paul and I have gone across the nation, you're seeing this movement growing."
Early voting in Colorado started on Monday.
According to the most current Rasmussen Reports, 50 percent of Colorado's likely voters support Romney compared to to 46 percent who support Obama.
Democratic-leaning Public Poly Polling has Obama holding on to a three-point lead in the state, 50 to 47.
"Barack Obama still has the lead in Colorado but it's a tenuous one," President of Public Policy Polling Dean Debnam said. "The race is the closest it's been all year and it's trended in Mitt Romney's direction over the last month."
The Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Pueblo Chieftain and the Colorado Longmont Times-Call, have endorsed Romney. The Denver Post and The Durango Herald endorsed Obama.
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