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NBC Poll: Obama 47%, Romney 47%

Tie game, says latest tally

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2012 11:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – With two weeks to go before Election Day, the game is all tied up, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll making some waves this morning. President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are each pulling 47% nationally among likely voters in the survey, which was conducted after the second presidential debate; Obama had previously polled at 49% to Romney's 46% before the first debate.

NBC notes that Obama holds a 49% to 44% lead among registered voters, which is a bigger pool, and he still leads among women, 51% to 43%. Romney, meanwhile, holds a firm lead among men, 53% to 43%. The margin of error is 3.43% among likely voters.

Mitt Romney and President Obama attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
Mitt Romney and President Obama attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Ucantusethatname
Oct 21, 2012 7:45 PM CDT
Dear Polly Boig: Return to Statistics 101 immediately. The margin of error is not 3.4%. It is 3.43 percentage points, analogous to the difference between chicken salad and chicken sh**.
ren1999
Oct 21, 2012 7:28 PM CDT
Romney needs to just keep chanting "I'm not going to raise taxes on the middle class!" People don't care if it is true or not. They need to believe it.
Scott603
Oct 21, 2012 5:52 PM CDT
What is the point of polling people who aren't registered to vote?
 

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