U.S. Senate Race: Poll: Reid, Angle neck and neck | Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate
This is what Reid thinks of the American people. Tell him what you think by helping elect Angle!
Posted on 07/30/2010 9:54:44 AM PDT by Maelstorm
Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle are locked in a dead heat, says a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KLAS-TV, Channel 8 that shows the GOP challenger regaining ground after going on the offensive with a TV ad blaming Reid for Nevada's deep economic troubles.
The high-profile contest with implications for President Barack Obama's agenda promises to be a bare-knuckled fight to the finish as voters decide between Reid's promise that the recovery is coming under Democrats and Angle's call for a new conservative fiscal direction, analysts said.
"This race is always going to be close," said Jennifer Duffy of the Cook Political Report, which judges the contest a toss-up.
"It's a tough race for Reid, and it's also a tough race for Angle. Ultimately, if she wins, it means the race isn't about her; it's about the party in power."
The new survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research shows Reid and Angle neck and neck. The Senate majority leader would win 43 percent and Angle 42 percent of support from likely Nevada voters if the election were held now. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points on the statewide telephone survey of 625 registered voters taken Monday through Wednesday.
A July 12-14 Mason-Dixon poll showed Reid 7 points ahead of Angle, 44-37. It was the best showing for the four-term incumbent -- and the worst for Angle -- in a head-to-head matchup, according to a series of surveys for the Review-Journal since last year.
Angle's plunge happened after the Reid campaign pounded her in radio and TV ads and near daily attacks after the Tea Party favorite's stunning June 8 primary victory against establishment GOP candidates. The Reid campaign portrayed her as "extreme" and "dangerous," including for wanting to cut federal spending by eliminating agencies such as the education and energy departments.
The former Reno assemblywoman didn't respond to most attacks as her campaign struggled to expand and hire top-tier media and money advisers. They helped her finally go on the air with two ads since mid-July after raising $2.6 million in the last quarter, or more than Reid's $2.4 million.
As a result of the early barrage of attacks, Angle is now nearly as unpopular as Reid.
In the latest poll, both Reid and Angle won "favorable" ratings from 38 percent of voters. Reid was viewed unfavorably by 51 percent -- about where he has been for most of this year -- and Angle is now seen unfavorably by 47 percent. That's 4 percentage points higher than two weeks ago and nearly double what it was in June, just before she won the primary and ran into the Reid buzz saw.
Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon said he expects the race to remain close until late fall now that Angle is ramping up her campaign and as bad economic news continues to hurt Reid.
"At least for the moment, she seems to have stopped the bleeding," Coker said. "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."
Since the last poll, Nevada's record high unemployment jumped to 14.2 percent, something Angle highlights in her first general election ad that notes it was 4.4 percent when Reid became Senate majority leader five years ago. The state also has record high bankruptcy and home foreclosure rates with one in every 15 homes in vote-rich Las Vegas in foreclosure.
Angle's second TV ad shows her speaking with seniors, saying, "Government is not the solution to the problem. Government is the problem."
Reid's positive ads highlight hundreds of clean energy jobs he has helped bring to Nevada. One ad focuses on Reid's efforts to save CityCenter, which directly employs 8,000 workers, by calling banks to ensure continued financing for the $8.5 billion project. One of Reid's negative ads notes that Angle says she wouldn't have made calls to save CityCenter and that a U.S. senator doesn't create jobs.
Despite Reid's efforts, a vast majority of Nevada voters remain unhappy with Democratic leaders and the direction of the country, the poll shows, which hurts his chances of winning come Nov. 2.
Six out of 10 voters think the country is on the wrong track, while more than half disapprove of the job Obama is doing. Four out of 10 think his actions to stabilize the economy are hurting, while three in 10 believe they are improving things.
On Reid's signature new health care law, the new poll shows 52 percent of Nevada voters want it repealed, which Angle and other Republicans want, too. Another 38 are opposed to such an action.
"Voters will not forget that it is Harry Reid who has been in charge of this failed economy, and come November he'll be fired by the voters for being negligent in his role as a U.S. senator," Angle campaign spokesman Jerry Stacy said. "We've got voter intensity on our side. We're just getting started."
U.S. Senate Race: Poll: Reid, Angle neck and neck | Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate
This is what Reid thinks of the American people. Tell him what you think by helping elect Angle!
I highly doubt it will be the case in november. His position will evaporate the closer it gets to the election. He will be pummeled for his health care position and his base will be discouraged and not show.
There is one thing that is certain. He is saving a war chest for the last few weeks of the campaign. The first batch of money was a big test. Angle is coming back and I think the next Rasmussen poll will show her back on top but she can not afford for one minute to get off the airwaves plus she needs money for Nov.
How much money has he thrown at Angle in ads to smear her? $11 million from his union thug buddies?
She is spending $300,000 a week.
Add me as recurring contributor. Pretty impressive for Angle considering all the money Reid has already thrown at her.
Yes it is. Plus she has spent much less and has brought the race back to parity and if she has more she will move ahead.
Republicans can NEVER win in a close race.
The Dems are far more experienced and willing to pull the kind of dirty tricks with balloting to just push them over the edge. If they need only a few hundred votes to win - they will manufacture them. Look at Al Franken(stein) in Minnesota. Look at some of the Presidential ballots in 2008. Unless she can pull significantly ahead of this bastard, its all over for her.
Agreed.
“People this is about Money”
Yes, and that is why I’m sending another donation to Sharron Angle. Please FR members help her out.
[I highly doubt it will be the case in november. His position will evaporate the closer it gets to the election.]
What hasn’t come out is what is in my book - that his campaign manager from the early days picked up bags of cash from Joe Conforte the pimp at the Mustang Ranch on two campaigns (there was also a trunk of absentee ballots).
That’s the headline grabber, but there is a whole lot more - if you saw the movie Casino you know where it heads.
I just call them as I see them.
I would be running on jobs, jobs, jobs, and his reckless wasteful spending.
I'll do it.
Gives Mormonism a bad name, Reid does. So does his cloned son who is running for governor.
Reid provided jobs for illegal aliens to get kickbacks form the contractors on all of the sites he’s advertising his lilly white soul on.
Sharron isn’t paying for, or getting kickbacks, from anyone for jobs for NV, and I say, “Good for her!”
We have seen the bottom of Angle’s support, and the peak of Reid’s. What we have learned is that after all the desperate mud-slinging, Reid is still incapable of garnering enough support to win.
Let's donate whatever we can to www.sharronangle.com.
Sharon Angle needs our help to destroy one of the MOST DESPICABLE SOCIALISTS FROM WINNING HIS SENATE SEAT. IF HARRY REID IS NOT CRUSHED, WE AS A PEOPLE AND NATION WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE CRUSHED BY THIS HELL-BENT SOCIALIST WHO WILL DESTROY OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, OUR LIBERTIES AND OUR PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. OUR FREEDOM!
Please, let us help each other by donating to www.sharronangle.com. If Sharron Angle loses, WE AS A PEOPLE WILL BE CONDEMNED TO SUFFER FROM THE DESTRUCTION THAT THE VILE, DESPICABLE HARRY REID WILL RAIN ON US.
We have seen what Reid's socialist policies have done to this country. There are more of “us” who are against this socialist regime, than there is of “them.” who are for it.
Let's put some muscle behind our numbers and support Sharron Angle at this very important time before the election in November. We must devote all our efforts to doing what we can to make this a WIN for the Constitution.
Just today I got another request from NRA for $$$ to help elect who they support. I am returning with a note: I will make a donation when you get air time to support Angle...also take out newspaper ads against Harry Reid.
Great news. The mo’ is back on her side.
They can only go far calling her extremist - this RACE IS ABOUT THE 7 MILLION JOBS LOST IN THE LAST 3 YEARS WHILE REID HAS BEEN MAJORITY LEADER ... Sharron Angle has be be steady, confident and gaffe-free and she will win.
“Angle can’t beat Reid, she is stoopid. “
WHT?!?!? Incumbent Reid cant even crack 45% in any poll ... Reid is the one who can’t win...
” I would be running on jobs, jobs, jobs, and his reckless wasteful spending.”
As should all the Republicans.
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