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the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat
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In polls released this week, Earle-Sears and former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger remain locked in a close race, continuing their dead heat of last year.
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
Pennsylvania and Nevada were a dead heat in the final Five Thirty Eight polling averages; Michigan and Wisconsin finished with a single-point advantage for Harris; and Arizona and Georgia showed a slight edge for Trump.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
But Molina and Posey finished in a virtual dead heat, separated by only 22 votes.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The Selzer poll has been viewed as evidence that pollsters calling the race a dead heat have been acting out of a desire to seek safety in numbers following the shock 2016 election result that failed to spot latent support for Trump.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
Pennsylvania and Nevada were a dead heat in the final Five Thirty Eight polling averages; Michigan and Wisconsin finished with a single-point advantage for Harris; and Arizona and Georgia showed a slight edge for Trump.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
But Molina and Posey finished in a virtual dead heat, separated by only 22 votes.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The Selzer poll has been viewed as evidence that pollsters calling the race a dead heat have been acting out of a desire to seek safety in numbers following the shock 2016 election result that failed to spot latent support for Trump.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Dead heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20heat. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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