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Mitt Romney is trailing President Obama by just two points in a hypothetical November match-up, and leads the president among independents, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll released Tuesday.

The findings cast further doubt on a Suffolk University poll released Monday that showed the president with a double-digit lead over the Republican front-runner. 

But the McClatchy findings are more in line with other recent polls, predicting a tough reelection battle for the president. The president is suffering from lagging job approval ratings â€" 48 percent of those surveyed approve, versus 47 percent who disapprove â€" and independents who marginally prefer Romney to Obama. 

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