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The general election is off to a close start, with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama virtually tied in Colorado, Iowa and Nevada--three battleground states. According to a new NBC News/Marist poll, President Obama is leading in Colorado among independents, women and voters under 45, while Romney is the favorite among male voters and those over the age of 45 and in Iowa they are tied at 44 percent each. And in Nevada, which Obama won by double digits in 2008, he is only beating Romney by two points.