Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina voters give Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney an edge when asked who "can get things done," but favor President Barack Obama when asked who "can bring people together," according to a recent High Point University poll. But neither candidate ran away with either category.   

And when voters were asked which candidate "shares my values," the two men were tied at 42 percent a piece. 

“These new findings shed light on reasons for the continually tight race for president here in North Carolina,” says Martin Kifer, director of the HPU Poll. “How voters feel about the candidates on characteristics like these is a crucial element of how people make decisions about voting. That registered voters are so closely divided on these key considerations helps explain the closeness of the race itself.”

Here are four questions that pollsters for High Point University asked and the responses, according to a news release: 

Can get things done
Better describes Barack Obama – 37 percent
Better describes Mitt Romney – 42 percent
Applies to neither – 14 percent
Applies to both – 4 percent
Not sure – 4 percent

Can bring people together
Better describes Barack Obama – 42 percent
Better describes Mitt Romney – 37 percent
Applies to neither – 15 percent
Applies to both – 3 percent
Not sure – 2 percent

Shares my values
Better describes Barack Obama – 42 percent
Better describes Mitt Romney – 42 percent
Applies to neither – 11 percent
Applies to both – 2 percent
Not sure – 3 percent

Strong leader
Better describes Barack Obama – 40 percent
Better describes Mitt Romney – 42 percent
Applies to neither – 9 percent
Applies to both – 5 percent
Not sure – 4 percent

The margin of error on the poll was +/- 4.3 percent, so on the "strong leader" question, the poll did not find a statistically significant difference. The poll was conducted by Survey USA. Of 600 adults queried, 543 were registered to vote.