According to Rasmussen, Harry Reid maintains a narrow lead over Sharron Angle with 45 percent support to Angle’s 43 percent. Reid continues to remain extremely unpopular in Nevada, but has managed to drag Angle down with a successful negative campaign portraying Angle as extreme.

But 48% of the state’s voters have a Very Unfavorable view of Reid. Forty-one percent (41%) say the same of Angle. Overall, 55% have at least a somewhat unfavorable opinion of Reid and 56% view Angle at least somewhat unfavorably.

Sixty-two percent (62%) describe the longtime Democratic senator as a liberal, and 50% characterize his views as extreme. Forty-one percent (41%) put Reid in the mainstream.

Angle, who is seen as a conservative by 81% of the state’s voters, is viewed as holding extreme views by 58%. Thirty-seven percent (37%) see the GOP nominee in the mainstream.

After winning the nomination last month, Angle allowed Harry Reid to define her candidacy while she took valuable time to build her campaign team. While that has clearly hurt Angle, she still has time to regain traction, perhaps starting with her new media buy. Reid, the leader of the most liberal Senate in history, cannot get above the mid-40′s in most polls, so Angle can easily portray him as an out of touch liberal elitist. It remains to be seen if her campaign has the ability.

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