LAS VEGAS (AP) " Nearly half the respondents in a Nevada newspaper poll said they would vote to replace Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid, while about one in three say they would re-elect him.
Along with the 45 percent who said they'd oust the four-term Democrat, 17 percent of the 625 voters contacted statewide for the Las Vegas Revew-Journal poll said they would consider another candidate.
Thirty-five percent of the poll respondents said they would re-elect him.
On another question, 50 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable view of Reid, while 38 percent had a favorable view and 11 percent held a neutral opinion.
The poll was conducted statewide last week by telephone by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of Washington, D.C. It had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
No major opponent has announced plans to challenge Reid.
Opinions about the senator were largely split along party lines, although more than a third of his fellow Democrats weren't committed to the senator.
About 61 percent of Democrats, 7 percent of Republicans and 30 percent of independent voters said they would vote to re-elect Reid.
In an August poll conducted for the newspaper, about half of voters rated Reid's job performance as good or excellent, while the other half gave the senator fair or poor marks.
The 69-year-old senator's campaign manager said Reid doesn't pay attention to polls.
"The primary number Senator Reid is worried about is Nevada's 10.4 percent unemployment rate, and that's why he's focused on fixing the economy and creating jobs in Nevada," Brandon Hall said.
Nevada's other senator, Republican John Ensign, enjoys higher marks from voters, with 53 percent viewing him favorably and 18 percent unfavorably.
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Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com