Mason/Dixon Poll of Nevada: Obama 47% (+6) McCain 45% (-2)

[WI_DEM]

In a presidential race that remains essentially tied in Nevada, Democrat Barack Obama has the slimmest of leads over Republican John McCain, according to a new Review-Journal poll.

Obama had the support of 47 percent of likely Nevada voters in the poll, while McCain had 45 percent. The result was within the margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points in the poll of 625 likely voters statewide.


"It's still really, really close," Mason-Dixon managing partner Brad Coker said of the race for Nevada's five electoral votes. "Obama has a little bit of a lead, but it's not as wide as his lead in most of the national polls. Nevada's still very much a battleground, very close and very interesting."

With undecided voters choosing sides as the election nears, the plummeting economy is overwhelmingly at the front of their minds, the poll found. And although the two candidates are in what amounts to a statistical tie, Obama has gained major ground since the Review-Journal's last poll of the race, taken in August.

In the August poll, McCain led Obama by a 46 percent to 39 percent margin, with 15 percent undecided.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/30860574.html

[darius15]

1. A 9 point swing to Obama from their last poll in August. Damn, we are on a roll!