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the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat
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Trump won the key battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin after weeks of polls showed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
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Nico Lang, Them, 6 Nov. 2024
For weeks, prediction markets had been far more favorable toward Trump than the polls, which portrayed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Republicans had hoped to flip control of a seat in the battleground state, and polls had shown Baldwin and Hovde in a dead heat.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,annika Kim Constantino,michele Luhn,ashley Capoot,julie Coleman,josephine Rozzelle,ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,cj Haddad, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Trump has a tiny edge The polling suggests that the race is close to a dead heat.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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Nico Lang, Them, 6 Nov. 2024
For weeks, prediction markets had been far more favorable toward Trump than the polls, which portrayed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Republicans had hoped to flip control of a seat in the battleground state, and polls had shown Baldwin and Hovde in a dead heat.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,annika Kim Constantino,michele Luhn,ashley Capoot,julie Coleman,josephine Rozzelle,ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,cj Haddad, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Trump has a tiny edge The polling suggests that the race is close to a dead heat.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Dead heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20heat. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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