Cast my vote early in downtown Durham with family in tow this morning. Three votes for Barack Obama. I'd say there were 30 to 50 voters there as well voting early and the vote count was in the thousands on the machine. Good turnout for a relatively gray and windy Saturday (with bands of Hurricane Sandy starting to just be felt). Looked like a strong turnout to me.
Latest poll today from Rasmussen has Romney up 6, but also acknowledges a slim deficit in early voting. I'm more interested in yesterday's data from PPP showing the race dead even and a larger lead among early voting for Team Blue. A Civitas poll had Romney up 1 yesterday so that seems to confirm PPP, whereas a Gravis Marketing poll has Romney up 8, more in line with Rasmussen. Go figure. There's no telling. Seems to me that victory is within reach if we want it bad enough.