Barack Obama in Dead Heat With Mitt Romney

Rasmussen Reports released a poll on Thursday finding that President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are in a dead head in a possible general election match-up.

Obama receives 42 percent while Romney is right behind him with 41 percent.

The survey of 1,000 likely voters was taken from Nov. 1-2 and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.