The race for Florida is now a dead heat, with Barack Obama and John McCain tied with 47% each, according to a new Fox News/Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. Only five percent (5%) remain undecided.

In a survey released a week ago, McCain had a five-point lead. Five days ago he was ahead by just one, as Florida voters like many others around the country reacted to the country’s growing economic problems.

While McCain has had over 50% support several times since polling began in February, Obama has yet to get higher than the 48% support he collected the first week of September.

The new survey was conducted Sunday night, two days after the first presidential debate. In a survey taken the day after the debate, 36% thought Obama won the debate, 33% gave the advantage to McCain, and 31% were undecided.

Nationally, after weeks of a neck-and-neck race, Obama has been pulling away from McCain for several days in the Rasmussen Reports national daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

In Florida now, Mc Cain’s support among Republicans has dropped slightly which the percentage of Democrats backing Obama remains largely unchanged. Obama leads 51% to 39% among unaffiliated voters.

McCain leads among men 53% to 40%. Obama leads with women voters 53% to 42%.

The Republican is viewed favorably by 59%, unfavorably by 37%. Obama is viewed favorably by 52% of Florida voters, but 45% have an unfavorable view of him.

One-in-five Florida voters (21%) say they still may change their minds on the candidate they vote for in November, but 79% say they are already certain of their vote.

Among white Florida voters, McCain leads Obama 54% to 39. Forty-four percent (44%) say they would not be comfortable at all with Obama, the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party, in the White House. Thirty-one percent (31%) feel that way about McCain.

Forty-two percent (42%) of white voters are not at all comfortable with Republican candidate Sarah Palin as vice president, compared to 39% who say that of Obama’s running mate, Senator Joseph Biden.

George W. Bush carried Florida in 2000 and 2004, and until recent days the state was considered fairly safe for McCain.

Florida voters trust Obama more than McCain on the economy (50% to 43%), but on national security the Republican is trusted more 55% to 43%. White voters trust McCain more in both areas. When asked which candidate they trust more in general, Florida voters give McCain a statistically insignificant one-point edge.

If voters had to make the toughest decision in their lives, 47% would seek advice from McCain, 44% from Obama.

For 51%, the economy is the most important issue in the election, while only 19% say national security. This gap has widened in recent days as bailout talks continue.

Six-out-of-10 Florida voters say they would be at least somewhat comfortable with either Obama or McCain as president.

Rasmussen Reports and Fox News Channel jointly release a series of battleground state polls every Monday at 6 p.m. Eastern. See overview of all polling released this week with results from Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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