Obama Leads Nevada By 3 Points

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President Obama leads the race for Nevada’s six electoral votes by 3 points, 48 percent to Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s 45 percent, in a new poll from SurveyUSA and commissioned by Las Vegas Review-Journal released Wednesday. That’s an improvement from their previous poll of the state, in which the president held a 47 percent to Romney’s 46 percent a week ago. From their report:

Romney was edging out Obama among independents by five points in August before the two parties’ nominating conventions. He expanded his lead to eight points (47-39) after the first debate. The new poll shows Romney with an 18-point lead over Obama among independent voters, or 52 percent to 34 percent…

Democrats have a voter registration advantage over Republicans in Nevada of about 90,000 statewide and more than 127,000 in Clark County, where 70 percent of the population lives. If Obama turns out his voters, Romney would have a hard time overcoming the tide unless he makes greater gains among nonpartisans, [SurveyUSA pollster Jay] Leve said.

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