But the gap between the candidates is within each poll's margin of sampling error, making the race a statistical tie.
And the competition became a statistical tie between these two candidates before the primary.
Recent polls show the candidates in a statistical tie for the Latino vote.
"They weren't close enough to qualify as a statistical tie."
A new poll, released last week, indicates that at the moment the race is a statistical tie.
Almost every opinion poll throughout the election season showed a statistical tie between the two.
But since the margin of sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points, the findings have to be considered a statistical tie.
The runoff is Nov. 15 and a recent poll has put the race at a statistical tie.
By Friday, he was in a statistical tie with Romney at twenty-two per cent.
On October 30, 2006, a Zogby poll showed a statistical tie.