The Tar Heel State looked set for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, but new information might have the Republican presidential candidate in a narrow race with President Barack Obama.
The latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) has the presidential candidates tied at 49 percent based on polling data conducted between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31 in North Carolina.
The new PPP poll is a change from the PPP poll conducted on Oct. 23 and Oct. 25 that featured another tie for the presidential candidates but with 48 percent instead.
The ties are not good new for Romney as he led PPP's poll conducted between Oct. 12 and Oct. 14 that featured 1,084 likely voters. Then, Romney received 48 percent to Obama's 47 percent.
The new poll did not feature the same number of likely voters, from 1,084 to 730.
"The Presidential race in North Carolina is tied up with 6 days to go and undecided voters basically no longer exist," said Public Policy Polling President of Dean Debnam. "It all comes down to the ground game now."
PPP noted that if Obama secures North Carolina on Election Day, it is likely due to early voting. According to the survey, Obama lead with 58 percent to Romney 41 percent in early voting but Romney leads 58 percent to Obama's 40 percent among those surveyed that have not voted yet.
North Carolina offers 15 votes from the Electoral College this year.
In the 2008 presidential election, Obama narrowly won the state by 0.3 percent, defeating Arizona Senator John McCain with 49.7 percent to 49.4 percent.
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