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Three polls released last week showed margins ranging from a CNN/Time poll showing a dead-even race to a Marshall University/Orion survey showing Manchin leading by ten points.
Democrats Running Closer In Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Polls released earlier in the week by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) and the Denver Post and SurveyUSA both showed dead-even margins.
Senate Polls Show West Virginia Leaning Blue, Nevada Tipping Red Mark Blumenthal 2010
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Three polls released last week showed margins ranging from a CNN/Time poll showing a dead-even race to a Marshall University/Orion survey showing Manchin leading by ten points.
Sestak And Bennet Running Closer In Pennsylvania And Colorado The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann finished in a dead-even tie for fourth at eight percent.
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Polls released earlier in the week by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) and the Denver Post and SurveyUSA both showed dead-even margins.
Senate Polls Show West Virginia Leaning Blue, Nevada Tipping Red Mark Blumenthal 2010
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Three polls released last week showed margins ranging from a CNN/Time poll showing a dead-even race to a Marshall University/Orion survey showing Manchin leading by ten points.
Democrats Running Closer In Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Two more polls, an automated survey by WeAskAmerica and a poll of undisclosed methodology sponsored by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, showed a roughly dead-even race between Romney and Gingrich.
HUFFPOST HILL - Newt Going Home: Proposes Moon Base Eliot Nelson 2012
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More importantly, I think Obama's poll numbers are slipping (from a high of perhaps 7-10% over McCain after he beat Hillary - depending on the poll - to almost dead-even) - I think his poll numbers are slipping because McCain's inaccurate-but-quick-reloading random-attack generator (Obama's famous and that's bad, Obama isn't one of us, Obama isn't ready, Obama will raise your taxes) has really worked.
Random thoughts on the Democratic National Convention frankwu 2008
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She wins Indiana, suddenly the race is dead-even in the eyes of the public, with a lot of people questioning Obama who would look like he's fading fast.
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(CNN) – Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are dead-even in the crucial primary state of Indiana, according to a new CNN "poll of polls."
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