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Mason-Dixon Poll: Reid Clings To One-Point Lead Over Angle
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and US Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-NV)
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The new Mason-Dixon poll of the Nevada Senate race gives Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a one-point edge over Republican former state Rep. Sharron Angle -- and while this is in a sense good news for Reid, it also shows a potential recovery for Angle after some truly awful previous numbers.
The numbers: Reid 43%, Angle 42%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4% margin of error. In the previous Mason-Dixon poll from two weeks ago, though, Reid had an even stronger lead of 44%-37%, as a result of relentless attacks on Angle's right-wing positions and her steady stream of gaffes. The TPM Poll Average gives Reid a lead of 44.3%-42.6%.
"At least for the moment, she seems to have stopped the bleeding," Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon told the Las Vegas Review Journal, which commissioned the poll. "Reid had the airwaves to himself for a while, and he drove her numbers down with the advertising. But that didn't necessarily drive his numbers up. There hasn't been a lot of good news to hang his hat on."
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Scarce
July 30, 2010 10:24 AM
This is maybe the first instance of Rasmussen reflecting reality more than another mainstream pollster. There's been nothing in Nevada than would reflect a move to Angle recently. In fact, just the opposite.
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Ahmedsaid
July 30, 2010 10:33 AM
That flushing sound you hear is old Harry circling the bowl. BuhhByeee!
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Bill From PA
July 30, 2010 10:36 AM
The best part is left unsaid, Reid has a huge war chest and a large part of the electorate has not been paying close attention yet. I'm sure Angle will try to supress her idiocy as the election nears, but you can't unring a bell, there's plenty of stupid already on record and she'll either get torpedoed by the record or die trying to dance away from her own words.
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windowpane
July 30, 2010 1:14 PM in reply to Bill From PA
Senior citizens have not yet been heard from and Angle is scaring them, and OBTW - they vote in midterms.
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