Harry Reid Poll Wins Nevada Senate Race

Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid, who has a long history of victories last minute, pulled off one more Tuesday, defying the polls and denying the protest movement of his most coveted prize.
The Democrat, whose approval ratings hovering below 40 percent and whose state is mired in the worst economy in the nation, however, won a fifth term by several points over Republican Sharron Angle in the race that many had cast as pure power battle between Barack Obama and the tea party.
But Reid, 70, succeeded in making it a contest between his considerable power in Washington DC and small government advocates "extreme" Sharron Angle positions on issues ranging from Social Security, abortion, immigration and the economy.
"I could not improve their positive, so he had to defeat his opponent, lining every interest possible development and saying:" I've been here long, I do not like, but look at the crazy lady who is running against me " said David Damore, a political science professor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Reid took 50.5 percent to 44.5 percent, with about 75 percent of the votes counted, winning big in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas and represents 66 percent of registered voters of the state . Every major poll in the last days before the election showed the front angle, although within the margin of error. leading expert of Nevada, Jon Ralston, who went against the tide, insisting on Sunday that the vote was flawed and Reid won. Many domestic observers were confused in the prediction.

The Venetian Resort-Casino, more than 1,000 Republicans gathered in hopes of celebrating a victory of the angle. Groans and boos infiltrated the crowd as the first wave of data showing Reid with a considerable advantage, but supporters cheered the news that Republican Brian Sandoval was well ahead of Harry Reid's son Rory Reid in the race for governor of Nevada .
Sandoval, in an unusual move, held their victory party 10 miles away, continuing their efforts throughout the race not to be seen at an angle.
Angle defeat not only prevented a Democratic shame - loss of Reid would have been the second consecutive removal of a Senate Democratic leader - but also denied the protest movement of bragging rights to win the so-called purple "state, a fair split between Democrats and the acolytes Republicans.Tea party won in Florida and Pennsylvania, also the swing states, but Nevada was the prize that the movement's leaders expected to show their influence in national life.