President Obama will campaign in Ohio this afternoon.

In the final 24 hours before the election, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney are traveling the country, hitting nine battleground states and rallying supporters at over a dozen scheduled events. 

With polls showing a tied race, the candidates are frantically campaigning through these undecided states that will determine the election, says CNN.

Obama began today in Madison, WI, with his opening act, rocker Bruce Springsteen.  

"Wisconsin, you know me by now," Obama said. "I said I'd end the war in Iraq, and I ended it. I said I would pass health care reform, I passed it."

Obama continued his speech on a more personal note, drawing in the excited crowd with his sentiments.

"When I say, Wisconsin, that I know what real change looks like, you've got cause to believe me because you've seen me fight for it and you've seen me deliver it," he said. "You have seen the scars on me to prove it. You have seen the gray hair on my head to show you what it means to fight for change."

Rapper Jay-Z will join the Obama team in Columbus, Ohio this afternoon.  Ohio has proven to be a crucial swing state in the election, making it a stop for both candidates on this final day.

Vice President Joe Biden will campaign throughout Virginia today.  First Lady Michelle Obama will attend rallies in North Carolina and Florida, before traveling to Iowa to join her husband.

After a final event in Des Moines, Iowa, President Obama will head to Chicago this evening, where he will spend election day.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney will travel through Florida, Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire.

According to a campaign senior adviser, Romney will spend his last day emphasizing what he plans to do from the Oval Office, with specific focus on the remaining undecided voters, says CNN.

"Tomorrow, we begin a new tomorrow.  Tomorrow, we begin a better tomorrow.  This nation is going to begin to change for the better tomorrow," Romney told the crowd in Florida.  "We can begin a better tomorrow, tomorrow. And with the help of the people in Florida, that's exactly what's going to happen."

The state of Florida is essential for Romney.  If he fails to win Florida, he will have to win every other battleground state in order to be elected, says NBC News.

Romney will also visit Columbus, Ohio this afternoon, arriving four hours after Obama will have left for Iowa. 

The Republican candidate made a stop in Cleveland, Ohio yesterday and argued once more against Obama's progress during the past four years.

"He promised to do so very much, but, frankly, he fell so very short," he said. "He promised to be a post-partisan president, but he's been most partisan; he's been divisive, blaming, attacking dividing.  And by the way, it's not only Republicans that he refused to listen to; he also refused to listen to independent voices." 

Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, will make five stops in five different states, including Nevada, Colorado, Iowa and Ohio, before finishing his campaign in his home town of Milwaukee, Wis., says CNN. 

Superstorm Sandy may have affected the momentum of both campaigns, but Obama assured crowds in Aurora, Colo. early this morning on his efforts to help the victims.

"We are going to help our friends on the east coast heal. We are going to walk with them every step of the way," he said. "No matter how bad a storm is, we come back.  No matter how tough times are, we will thrive."

With current polls showing that the candidates are in a dead tie, today's rallies in such battleground states are crucial to both campaigns and will determine the outcome tomorrow.

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