Question of the Day #761

In Georgia, it’s a dead heat, with Republican Herschel Walker, the former football star, at 49 percent and Sen. Raphael Warnock at 48 percent among likely voters.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at NBC News.

上記の文で、dead heatの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "dead heat" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

互角の大接戦

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a tie with no single winner of a race

Examples

• The opinion polls show the three election candidates in a dead heat (with each other).
• The victory was essentially a dead heat. Times, Sunday Times (2013)
• It is really a dead heat. Times, Sunday Times (2016)
• But a Morning Consult poll released Tuesday called the race a dead heat, with 643 likely Minnesota voters favoring Biden over Trump 48% to 44% – within the four percentage point margin of error. — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
• In other Breeders’ Cup races: Aloha West, with a strong stretch ride from Jose Ortiz, caught Dr. Schivel at the wire to win the $2 million Sprint in a near dead heat, snapping the five-race win streak of the 3-year-old Southern California colt. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021

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