9/22/2008
As the two major presidential candidates prepare to debate Friday night, John McCain (45.8 percent) and Barack Obama (45.3 percent) are in a virtual dead heat, with McCain leading by the slightest of margins among likely voters in the state of Nevada, according to a poll released today by Suffolk University.
“What happens in Vegas may not stay in Vegas, because if Barack Obama tips the historically Republican Silver State his way, it may be indicative of a Democratic run from coast to coast among the battleground states,” said David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Center at Suffolk University in Boston.
Nevada has voted Republican in eight of the last 10 presidential elections, dating back to 1968.
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Methodology
The Suffolk University poll was conducted Wednesday September 17, 2008, through Sunday, September 21, 2008. The margin of error on the study of 600 is +/- 4 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence. All respondents from the Nevada statewide survey were likely voters. There were 300 respondents bellwether of Washoe County, Nev., identified separately from the statewide poll. Marginals will be posted on the Suffolk University Political Research Center Web site on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. There will be 198 pages of cross-tabulation data posted on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. For more information, contact David Paleologos at 781-290-9310.
http://www.suffolk.edu/30935.html