The survey by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News gave Obama 48 percent support and Romney 47 percent — a statistical dead heat, given the survey’s margin of error of plus or minus 2.55 percentage points.
“This poll is reflecting a very, very close campaign nationally,” Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter Hart, said in a statement.
“It’s a dead heat,”Hart added. “This election is going to be decided by turnout, turnout, turnout.”
The poll, conducted between November 1-3, sampled 1,475 likely voters. The findings were in keeping with most national polls which find the presidential contest too close to call.
Most polls, however, give Obama a slight but significant lead in most of the crucial battleground states that ultimately will determine the outcome of the presidential, and therefore give the Democratic incumbent favorable odds of re-election
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