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Rasmussen: Obama, Romney tied in Wisconsin

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are tied in the battleground state of Wisconsin, a Rasmussen Reports poll released Friday indicated.

Each candidate has 49 percent of the vote, results indicated. The margin of error is 4.5 percent.

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Wisconsin is the home state of Romney's running mate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.

Rasmussen rated the race in Wisconsin a tossup in its Electoral College projections.

Obama carried Wisconsin by a 56 percent-to-42 percent margin in 2008.

A week ago, Rasmussen said its poll indicated Obama held a slight 50 percent-to-48 percent edge over Romney.

The survey of 500 likely voters in Wisconsin was Thursday.

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