Obama has slight lead over Romney in new nationwide poll (USC Annenberg/LA Times)

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Obama has slight lead over Romney in new nationwide poll

The USC Annenberg/Los Angeles Times poll on Politics and the Press shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney 48% to 45% in a race one pollster labels 'static.'

WASHINGTON — With his running mate in place and his nominating convention looming, Republican Mitt Romney narrowly trails President Obama, according to a new nationwide poll of likely voters.

Obama leads 48% to 45% among all registered voters in the survey and by 48% to 46% among those considered likely to vote, according to the USC Annenberg/Los Angeles Times poll on Politics and the Press.

Those results speak to the remarkable stability of the presidential race, in which Obama has held a small lead in most polls since April. The vast majority of voters have taken sides in the race — only 3% of likely voters in the poll declared themselves undecided with another 3% saying that they "leaned" toward one candidate or the other — and partisan divisions have been stark.

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The Democratic ticket also has the advantage on two issues tested by the poll that motivate important groups of voters — taxes and immigration.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-presidential-poll-20120823,0,7979361.story

http://www.gqrr.com/articles/2780/7311_081912_USC%20LA%20Times%20FQ_Thurs%20AM.pdf

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