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Candidates tot up $93 million bill for advertisements

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Washington: Engaged in an extremely tight White House race three days before polls, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are making whirlwind tours of battleground states with a barrage of TV ads.

The last minute push took Obama on Saturday to Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin and on Sunday in a slew of other states. At various stops, he will be joined by former president Bill Clinton and singers Katy Perry, Dave Matthews and John Mellencamp.

On a three-day sprint to Election Day, Romney is swinging through the pivotal states of Ohio, New Hampshire to Iowa to Colorado and, on Sunday, to Pennsylvania.

The Obama and Romney campaigns, along with their respective allied groups, have bought at least $93 million on ads in 11 states for nine days of television time, CNN reported citing a source monitoring ad buys.

Between last Monday and Election Day on Tuesday, Mitt Romney and Republican groups supporting him have purchased $63.6 million of television time, including $6.6 million in Pennsylvania, where the president has a four point advantage, while Obama and his allies will spend $30.2 million.

Meanwhile, a CNN/ORC International survey released on Friday, shows Obama with a three point 50-47 percent edge in the pivotal state of Ohio, within the survey’s sampling error.

The CNN poll is in the range of the three other non-partisan, live operator surveys of Ohio likely voters also conducted entirely after last week’s final presidential debate. (IANS)

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