Presidential candidates spend last day campaigning in swing states
Posted: 11.05.2012 at 11:37 AM
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President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney agree on one thing: Both say the winner of Tuesday’s election will be determined by which of their operations get the most supporters to the polls.

In a radio interview airing Monday morning, Obama said "this is going to be a turnout election." Romney told a rally in Florida this morning that getting people to the polls is the "one job left."
 
Obama is campaigning Monday in Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa and Romney is campaigning in Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and New Hampshire.

Romney started his final day of campaigning at an airport rally of more than 1,000 people in Sanford, Florida. He has five appearances scheduled in Florida, two in Virginia and one each in Ohio and New Hampshire. New Hampshire is where Romney announced his bid for president about 17 months ago.

Romney is considering visiting Ohio on Election Day. GOP officials familiar with the plan say nominee may make a final visit Tuesday to the critical battleground state, where 18 electoral votes are up for grabs.
 
Such a visit would be a last-ditch attempt to win a state that is critical to Romney's presidential hopes. Without it, he would have to win nearly all the other contested states.

Polls in Ohio have been stubbornly close, showing President Obama holding a slight but consistent edge.

President Obama and the first lady will spend Election Day in Chicago. 

(Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.)