Perry tied with Obama in Gallup poll

The Hill:

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Romney is the only candidate leading Obama among registered voters, 48 percent to 46 percent, with 6 percent undecided, according to the new Gallup poll. Perry and Obama are tied at 47 percent among registered voters, also with 6 percent undecided.

Obama would beat Paul, 47 percent to 45 percent, and best Bachmann by a 4-point margin, 48 percent to 44 percent.

These most recent figures are the first to have been released since Aug. 13, when Bachmann won the Ames straw poll and Perry launched his campaign. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty exited the GOP race after the poll.

The numbers also clash somewhat with the generic presidential ballot released earlier this month, at the conclusion of debt-ceiling negotiations in Washington. A Gallup poll conducted Aug. 4-7 had shown Obama reversing a two-month slide and retaking the lead against a nameless Republican competitor.

Since that poll, the stock market has performed poorly and Republicans have received heavy media coverage of their campaigning, during which they’ve assailed Obama’s leadership.

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Registered voter polls tend to lean Democrat, but Gallup usually waits to right before the election to go with the more accurate likely voter polling. I suspect that Gov. Perry would be ahead in such a poll. This is really the first poll taken after Perry joined the race and went on his campaign swing.

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