Poll: Obama Facing Tight Race With Top GOP Contenders

President Barack Obama is facing a number of GOP match-ups that are too close for comfort, a new Gallup poll found. 

Gallup put the top four Republican presidential candidates up against the President in a general election scenario. Results show that Obama narrowly escapes Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas), 48 to 44 percent and 47 to 45 percent, respectively. 

However, when going head-to-head against Texas Governor Rick Perry, Obama only matches the 47 percent support from likely voters Perry rakes in. The lone GOP’er to topple Obama in a general election match up was former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, out pacing the Commander-in-Chief 48 to 46 percent. 

Given that the election is more than a year away, poll results show that the race is a competitive one thus far. Additionally, despite the four candidates’ varying popularity and name notoriety, each fared about the same. 

The survey was conducted August 17-19, a period of time when Presiden Obama saw his approval ratings dip to just 40 percent.