(The Church Report) A pair of new national polls shows an increasingly tight presidential race, with President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney essentially tied.

In a Fox News survey released Friday, the candidates each garnered the support of 43 percent of likely voters surveyed. Meanwhile, Gallup’s daily tracking poll gives the Republican challenger a slight edge, 47 percent to 45, but that lead comes among all registered voters and represents the latest variation in a race that has been deadlocked since the end of April.

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