Bush and Kerry Locked in Dead Heat - Reuters Poll

Bush and Kerry were tied at 47 percent in the latest three-day national tracking poll as the Massachusetts senator gained two points on Bush. Bush led Kerry 48-46 percent on Thursday.

The deadlock sets up a frantic race to Tuesday’s finish in another tight U.S. presidential election, with neither candidate able to establish a clear advantage or break 50 percent.

“The election is four days away and we are right back where we started, in a toss-up,” pollster John Zogby said. “Kerry had a good day today.”

And in the state-by-state races:

Bush gained ground in some of the critical swing states that will decide who accumulates the 270 electoral votes needed to win, leading in five of the 10 battleground states surveyed in a series of Reuters/Zogby state tracking polls.

Bush led in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Nevada, while Kerry was ahead in Colorado, Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin. The crucial state of Pennsylvania was tied.

Bush gained a two-point edge in Michigan after being 10 points behind Kerry when the state tracking poll began on Sunday. Bush led by one point in Florida and Kerry had a three-point edge in Ohio. All three of those results were within the margin of error.