The Rasmussen daily presidential tracking poll has Mitt Romney and President Obama in a statistical tie:
Mitt Romney attract[s] support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 46% of the vote. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
This is the first time in a week that Romney has held even a single-point advantage. Romney is now supported by 18% of white Democrats.
Romney has solidified the GOP vote and holds a 77-point lead among Republicans. That’s slightly larger than Obama’s 72-point advantage among Democrats.
When “leaners” are included, it’s Romney 49% and Obama 47%. Leaners are those who initially indicate no preference for either candidate but express a preference for one of them in a follow-up question.
Perhaps most significantly, Republicans are once again more engaged in the election than Democrats. Forty-nine percent (49%) of GOP voters are following the race on a daily basis. Among Democrats, just 42% are that interested.
These numbers are likely to do little to change the narrative busily being built and reinforced in the old line press (as seen in this item from the WaPo’s Chris Cillizza) that Romney is just steps away from outright collapse.
If anything, we may see them on the streets soon, carrying their message directly to the people:
