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Story: Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama spar over tax policy in first Presidential debate.
The Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll on Wednesday showed Obama up among likely voters by 47 percent to 41 percent. A new NPR poll showed Obama up 51 percent to 44 percent among likely voters.
A few other surveys showed a tightening race, including an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday with Obama up by just 3 points among likely voters, at 49 percent to 46 percent. That compared with 5 points two weeks earlier.
The next two presidential debates are Oct. 16, in Hempstead, New York, and Oct. 22 in Boca Raton, Florida.