Obama's support has taken a plunge among rural voters, down 10 points from the actual rural vote in battleground states four years ago.  Republican candidate Mitt Romney now leads among rural voters in several key swing states (59% to 37%), says a new bipartisan study.

According to the Census Bureau, the nine battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin have a combined rural population of 13.6 million.  Read More