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US voters bitter after negative campaign: poll

The recent run of negative ads in the US presidential race may be backfiring on both President Barack Obama and his Republican adversary Mitt Romney, according to a new poll. Four in ten voters have a negative opinion of Romney, according to the NBC/Wall Street Journal survey — only slightly fewer.