Poll: Reid Has Weak Approval, Re-Elect Numbers In Nevada

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A new Mason-Dixon poll shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid with some very weak numbers in his home state of Nevada.

Only 38% of Nevadans have a favorable opinion of Reid, with a 50% unfavorable number. For his 2010 campaign, only 35% would vote to re-elect him, 17% would consider voting for a challenger, and 45% would definitely vote to replace him.

That said, Reid has reason for optimism: The Nevada GOP is very weak right now, and they don’t have a suitable challenger as of this writing. He also has a lot of money saved up, and a lot can happen over the next year and a half.

In an e-mail to TPM, Reid spokesman Jim Manley brushed off the poll:

“Sen. Reid has never put a lot of weight in polls. And polls by the Review-Journal are consistently out of line with other polls. The primary number he’s worried about is Nevada’s 10.4% unemployment rate and that’s why he’s focused on fixing the economy and creating jobs in Nevada. Polling numbers move up and down, the only poll that really matters is on Election Day, which is 18 months from now. In the meantime he will continue talking to Nevadans everyday and working on solutions to help Nevadans who have been hit hard by these tough economic times.”

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