Polls indicated a dead heat for the office of dog catcher.
tie, condition in which two racers finish at the same time; (Politics) condition in which two candidates receive the same number of votes or are tied in pre-election opinion polls
If a race or contest is a dead heat, two or more competitors are joint winners, or are both winning at a particular moment in the race or contest. In American English, you can say that a race or contest is in a dead heat. The race ended in a dead heat between two horses. a situation during or at the end of a race or competition in which two or more competitors have the same number of points etc, have reached the same level, or have taken the same time to complete a particular distance