LAS VEGAS (AP) — A barrage of attack ads from both sides has done zilch to yield a front-runner in Nevada’s heated Senate race, according to a new poll that shows voters remain evenly split between Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican challenger Sharron Angle.
In the first survey to question voters about all the Senate candidates, the poll published Friday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KLAS-TV shows Reid and Angle tied with 43 percent support.
Reid and Angle continued to draw support from their bases — 82 percent for Reid from Democrats and 79 percent for Angle from Republicans, the poll shows.
Four percent in the telephone survey of 625 likely voters said they want none of the candidates. Eight percent were undecided.
Despite the deadlock, the poll charts a small victory trail for Angle, who could win if she is able to exploit a strong advantage over Reid among nonpartisan voters.
The poll, conducted this week by Washington, D.C.-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The Senate race has been in a virtual dead heat for most of the general election.
In a poll published two weeks ago, Reid was ahead of Angle 46-44, but that was within the margin of error and voters were not asked about other candidates. Undecideds were at 6 percent.
The campaign has played out in a fit of fierce ads since June, when Angle captured the Republican nomination in a surprise finish.
Reid unleashed the first attack and has charged forward with an unrelenting campaign to cast Angle as an extreme conservative who would dismantle Social Security, Medicare and multiple federal agencies.
In turn, Angle has painted Reid as the villain behind the state’s wounded economy and, most recently, as a close ally of illegal immigrants.
Nevada leads the nation in joblessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies.
As usual, both campaigns greeted the poll numbers with an optimistic front.
Angle’s campaign celebrated her growing support among independents.
“That stat may put some perspective on why Harry was so worried about our ad on illegal immigration,” spokesman Jarrod Agen said in a statement. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kelly Steele, a Reid campaign spokesman, said the numbers show Angle’s campaign has stalled.
“They have put millions of dollars into these ads and they haven’t been able to move the dial,” he said in a telephone interview.
But, Reid’s numbers remain locked, too.
Tea Party of Nevada candidate Scott Ashjian and the Independent American Party’s Tim Fasano each garnered 1 percent support.
Conservative groups feared Ashjian would depress turnout for Angle and had tried to remove him from the ballot. Angle has been endorsed by the national Tea Party Express.
Voters showed no love for the four nonpartisan candidates named in the survey: Michael Haines, Jesse Holland, Jeffrey Reeves and Wil Stand.
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Information from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com
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Sunnyr
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 3:41pmMaybe a boxing match would put Sharron ahead. One KO and the little putz would be down for the count. Go Sharron!
Report Post »Greyhound424
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:41pmGo Sharron GO!!!!!!!
Report Post »ensemble
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:28amIt is obvious that some infiltrating phonies are posting as conservatives and posting doltish and hateful things just to make conservatives look bad. It is an old dishonest trick, don’t fall for it. If any poster is out of line or pretending to be something they are not, report the post. I hope they clean up the spew on both sides so that the sight remains credible.
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 3:49pmAw go vote for that looser John McCain. He thinks like you do. I myself am damn sick of being politically correct to avoid criticism. I’ll go out tell the truth no matter how ticked off you become. Voting may be right in the United States but if you can‘t vote responsibly then it is better for us that you don’t.
For example if don’t know who candidates are and what they stand for, you should not vote.
If you haven’t ever read studied read the declaration and US Constitution do us a favor; Don’t vote.
If you are voting because some sleaze bag is promising you free public benefits by mugging others; Don’t Vote your useless citizen. And by the way; that is precisely why the United States is in the mess we are in today. Too many useless citizens, exercising their right to vote in an orgy of mob rule, with no self-discipline or self-restraint.
Here are few things that might shake your world and anger you.
Alexander Fraser Tytler 1745-1813
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largeness from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”
Ben Franklin 1706-1790
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
What wise people they were. They were smarter and capable than the idiots exist today. What was their solution to the problem? Property Requirements to Vote.
Stick that in your peace pipe you John McCain wannabe.
Report Post »sccm52
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:44amAngle has to win! We can’t let this clown Reid win or more stupid bills will be passed! Come on people! Wake-up!!!
Report Post »supercapo
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:49amPart of the price we pay for having a free society is that equality shines on the ignorant as well as the educated. We can‘t discriminate against a voter just because he or she can’t pass a test. This was the same kind of logic used to justify the Jim Crow laws. The answer is to take back our schools and ensure that people receive true education rather than indoctrination.
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:25amNo, you are plain wrong. The original US Constitution required that you own property before you had the right to vote. The founding fathers included that provision so that the masses would be restrained from voting themselves the public purse and thus bankrupting the Republic. The Founding Fathers believed that the “Natural Aristocracy” should govern.
Now, I don’t believe our voting rights should be tied to a property test. I also don’t believe a property test is the best way to determine what the “Natural Aristocracy is” I believe a poll test based upon the original meaning of Constitution is a better way.
And don’t give me that bull about Jim Crow. It is a false comparison. Because I advocate a poll test on every American Citizen who wants to vote, work as a civil servant, or hold political office irregardless of race, creed, and color.
I am sorry but if some fool believes that the US Constitution grants them a right to Housing, Food, Health Care, Education and work, then they are to stupid to be allowed to vote. To do otherwise is dangerous and suicidal for the Republic.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 2:33pmirregardless isn’t even a word. wow. this just gets better and better.
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:40amIt just shows how stupid the American People really are. How can anyone even consider voting for a Liberal Marxist Communist Ass? America you’re are just plain dumb.
What we need are poll tests to determine if you smart and motivated enough to vote or run for office. These poll tests should be administered to everyone intending to vote or run for office and should expire in six -years. It should be based on a pass fail where 90% and above is passing and anything below than 90% is failing. If you fail you can retake it once after a week. If you fail twice, it is a six month waiting period.
These poll tests should be based on the history of this nation at its’ founding, the views of our founders, our founding documents; the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; and the Federalist Papers and Anti – Federalist Papers.
That should screen out and permanently disfranchise all those that think the purpose of government is to provide them with welfare checks and / or corporate bailouts.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 1:34pmBefore you make intelligence a necessity for voting, you may want to look into basic grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation of the English language. Or was that satire?
Report Post »Nightstalker
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:28amIf one of the worst jobless rates and economic situations in the country won’t kick Harry weasel out of office, we are doomed!
Report Post »G-d help us!
SND97
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:52amCan Nevada really be stupid enough to re elect Harry?
Report Post »SwampGal
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:41amWe will soon find out!
Report Post »bulldawg
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:49amIt’s amazing 38 days to go and 9% of the people still undecided. If Nevada is in that bad of shape and you don’t know who to vote for by now then stay home.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:30am“Nevada leads the nation in joblessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies.”
I cannot understand why the citizens of Nevada would want to ask for more of the same by re-electing a major cause of their problems.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 1:32pmand what is sharron angle’s plan to change that? you can’t just vote to “kick the bums out.” you have to make sure there is someone who can actually govern to take their place. making up crazy nonsense does not count as a platform.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:18amAfter all this time and with every negative thing Harry Reid has done and said over these past few years, I don’t get it Nevada. How come he isn’t down by at least fifty points instead of running neck and neck with Angle? If you folks put that weasel of a fool back into office, you deserve all that you get, real estate in the tank, horrible unemployment and so forth. WAKE UP OUT THERE. Get that bum OUT!
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:06amAngle will need a few percent more to overcome the fraudulent Reid-Acorn votes.
Report Post »RUKiddingMe
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 4:14amI hope Angle will remind Nevada voters about obama’s anti Las Vegas ads and how reid supports obama and the socialist/progressive agenda which will hurt all of Las Vegas and Nevada. And if reid wins how he will continue to take the people’s money, what little weath they have, and spread it around.
Report Post »Reid win = Big Loss for Nevada…You can bet on that!!!!
carol m
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:09amOh well Harry, I certainly hope you enjoyed the ride while it lasted. Please do not let the door hit you in the arse when you leave. So long Mr. POS. You have done enough damage to our country and as far as I am concerned we will never allow you and your ilk back into office again.
Report Post »traderdan
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:08amfingers crossed * anybody but a liberal democrat :-)
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 1:30pmi prefer to look at people’s positions, vision, and qualifications when choosing one of 100 people in the country who will represent me in the senate. if you choose to vote on the “anybody else” method, i fear for who you can put in office. really, put some thought into your choice.
Report Post »freebornson
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:04am“Nevada leads the nation in joblessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies…” Yep this quote says it all. The only question is when the other half of Nevada will wake the hell up and vote for Angle. You have to be pretty stupid to vote for another term for a congressman with that kind of record.
Report Post »Large Eagle
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:13amI wonder how many derivative infested mortgages and their cash out went to gambling? Pray for Angle if you don’t vote there.
Report Post »Large Eagle
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:04amRumble in the stands – To much
Report Post »freebornson
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:28amI pray for our country. It has more problems than the tea party or even a revitalized conservative party can fix. Back to the praying idea…
Report Post »GlennBeckUsesVicksVaporub
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:36amI think the progressive communist liberal nazis in this country need to be rounded up like the vermin they are and sent to afghanistan, where they can cuddle up to their taliban buddies. Anyone who insults Sharron Angle doesn’t deserve any protections under the Constitution, i only wish that Jan Brewer’s headless bodies in the arizone desert belonged to them. We were created by God, but these liberal “democrat” marxists that don’t like Sharron Angle are the best argument for evolution i have ever seen. If anything ever crawled out of the primordial ooze, they did!
gbeck2012
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:42amDeamagoogle, you are a stupid ignorant moran a-hole. Why in the world would you want harry reid to hit sharron angle in the face with a tire iron? are you sick?! is that all you leftist do, is advocate violance aginst smart inteligent people like sharron angel just becouse you dont agre with them? someone should wack you with the arm of a saguaro cactus, then stuff all your pockets with prickly pear cactus, beat the tar out of you with a to by four that has nails in it, and then tar and fether you. You are a disgrase to this country and to the CONSTITUTION!
Report Post »GlennBeckIsADemagogue
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:48amhey vaporub! maybe you need to be one of jan brewer’s headless people in the desert of AFGHANISTAN. you are so stupid. why would you vote for an ugly stupid red lipstick wearing communist like sharron angle? Oh, sorry, i left out stupid and ignorant. For sharron angle. and ignorant for you too, scumbag nazi.
GlennBeckIsADemagogue
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:50amgbeck2012: it is a darn good thing this country is not english only, because you couldn’t spell you way out of a wet paper bag. you must have been in that generation when the schools didn’t believe in failing students for fear it would hurt their self-esteem
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:06amglenbeckdemagogue, when you are criticizing someone for their spelling you might want to check your grammar!
Report Post »Honor2010
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 4:20pm@Freebornson – I agree with you. There won‘t be a change of mind in this country until there’s a change of heart. This change of heart can only come from God. Praying for our enemies and those who would despitefully use us is not an easy thing to do, but it is what we must do. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
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