The media claims that North Carolina is clearly in Romney's hands

Despite the evidence from polling numbers reporting an extremely competitive race, the media appears to be confident in saying that the battleground state of North Carolina is a victory for Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney. The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Politico, ABC, and NBC have all updated their likely voting state maps to categorize North Carolina as 'leaning Romney'.

Real Clear Politics, a polling aggregator, is one of the few outlets that has not awarded the state to Romney. The organization takes the averages of the recent polls conducted, and then comes out with their own number based on these results. Most of the recent polls, since the last presidential debate, show a tie with President Barack Obama, or showing Obama up by one to two points, well within the polls' margins of error. This demonstrates a haste to award the battleground state to Romney, and certainly suggests that these media organizations are premature in awarding Romney control of this still competitive electoral prize

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National Media See Romney Tightening Grip On N.C. - Charlotte Observer