Politics | NBC/WSJ Poll NBC Poll: Obama 47%, Romney 47% Tie game, says latest tally By Polly Davis Doig Posted Oct 21, 2012 11:15 AM CDT Copied Mitt Romney and President Obama attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) With two weeks to go before Election Day, the game is all tied up, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll making some waves this morning. President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are each pulling 47% nationally among likely voters in the survey, which was conducted after the second presidential debate; Obama had previously polled at 49% to Romney's 46% before the first debate. NBC notes that Obama holds a 49% to 44% lead among registered voters, which is a bigger pool, and he still leads among women, 51% to 43%. Romney, meanwhile, holds a firm lead among men, 53% to 43%. The margin of error is 3.43% among likely voters. Read These Next Arizona governor wants answers on Grand Canyon fire. Trump reportedly asked Zelensky if Ukraine could strike Moscow. They played husband and wife on TV, are now married. Get ready for higher tomato prices. Report an error