Manchester asked, walking up to the Appearance and attempting to pull at the virtual tie.
That's one way of making sense of this astounding virtual tie in the presidential election.
Later polls showed the gap between the parties narrowing to a virtual tie.
That would have made the match a virtual tie, but as it was the Poles prevailed 22-8.
For a start, the public project rose to Celera's challenge and finished the job in a virtual tie.
Poll takers for both sides agree that the vote would probably end up in a virtual tie if the election were held today.
Democrats and Republicans alike said the virtual tie was itself not surprising.
But East pointed out that he would have been entitled to 100 points for honors, so it was a virtual tie.
The last election, on Nov. 1, ended in a virtual tie.
When given a choice between favoring the death penalty and life without parole, however, the respondents were in a virtual tie.