The presidential race is a dead heat in Georgia, according to a new poll from the Athens-based progressive group Better Georgia.

Among registered voters, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied at 47 percent. Among likely voters (a narrower category), Romney leads Obama 49-46, almost within the Insight 20/20 robopoll's 2.9 percent margin of error. That's similar to Sen. John McCain's 52-47 victory four years ago. Georgia's probably not really in play for Obama, but if Romney is forced to campaign here, it helps Obama in more winnable swing states like Ohio, Florida, Colorado, Iowa and Virginia.

Other interesting findings dealt with health care. A majority, including a third of Republicans, opposes turning Medicare into a voucher program, as GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has proposed, yet Ryan is better-liked than anyone else on either party's ticket. A slimmer majority also said they favor expanding Medicaid.

And here's something that could have consequences in the 2014 or 2018 governor's race: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, a Democrat, is more popular than Republican Gov. Nathan Deal or Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, and hardly anyone has heard of another potential candidate, Attorney General Sam Olens.