奧巴馬羅姆尼在關鍵州旗鼓相當

The long, hard-fought campaign to be president of the United States for the next four years finally comes to an end with the two viable candidates visiting several states Monday for one last attempt to break what polls indicate is a nearly deadlocked race.

Only a handful of the country's 50 states are considered to be virtually tied, led by Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin, along with Virginia, Colorado and Iowa. The small state of New Hampshire joins those six as states where neither candidate is considered to have a clear lead ahead of Tuesday's election.

On Monday, incumbent President Barack Obama returns to Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio to hold political events, before heading to his hometown of Chicago, ((Illinois)) where he will be on election night.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney's agenda for Monday includes a morning stop in Florida before trips back to Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire. He will spend election night in Boston, in his home state of Massachusetts.

Along with the race for president, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 Senate seats are being contested in Tuesday's election. Analysts generally say Republicans will continue to hold their majority in the House, while members of the president's Democratic party could maintain their slim majority in the Senate.決定由誰擔任下屆美國總統的持久而激烈的選戰終於即將落幕，奧巴馬總統和他的共和黨競爭對手羅姆尼星期一將分別到幾個州做最後衝刺，民調顯示兩人目前的支持率幾乎不相上下。

在美國50個州中，俄亥俄、佛羅里達、威斯康辛、維吉尼亞、科羅拉多和艾奧華等幾個州的選情膠着。小州新罕布什爾和這六個州一樣，兩位候選人在星期二的選舉中都不佔有明顯優勢。

星期一，現任總統奧巴馬將返回威斯康辛、艾奧華和俄亥俄等州，進行競選活動，隨後將前往他的家鄉芝加哥，並於選舉夜在那裏停留。

共和黨總統候選人羅姆尼星期一上午將前往佛羅里達州，然後再到維吉尼亞、俄亥俄和新罕布什爾等州。他將在馬薩諸塞州的波士頓度過選舉夜。

在星期二的選舉中，除選出總統外，選民們還將選舉所有435名美國國會衆議員和100名美國國會參議員中的33名。分析人士一般認爲，共和黨將繼續保持在衆議院的多數地位，而奧巴馬總統的民主黨則可能繼續維持在參議院的微弱多數。