The NBC/WSJ poll finds the 2012 Presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential nominee former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is now a tie doing into the third — and some think pivotal — Presidential debate on Monday:
Heading into Monday’s final debate and with just over two weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are now tied nationally, according the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Obama and Romney both get 47 percent among likely voters in the latest edition of the poll, conducted entirely in the aftermath of the second presidential debate last Monday.
Big Mo has been with Romney since the debates began
In the last national NBC/WSJ poll, which was conducted before debate season began, the president held a narrow, three-point lead over his GOP challenger, 49 percent to 46 percent.
But among the wider pool of all registered voters in this new survey, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points, 49 percent to 44 percent.
This poll doesn’t record any possible gains Obama made in the second debate, but most polling has not yet found a substantial bounce.
Looking at some of the most important demographic groups, Romney leads among men (53 percent to 43 percent), Obama is up with women (51 percent to 43 percent) and they are essentially tied among voters in the Midwest.
The full poll — which was conducted Oct. 17-20 among 1,000 registered voters and 816 likely voters — will be released at 6:30 pm ET tonight.
Which means more details at 6:30. But this is enough.
And the context?
Pollster.com
Real Clear Politics
The closeness of the race — with an ascendent Romney in many cases — an also be seen by visiting TPM’s Polltracker page.
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