Maybe if Rory Reid weren’t having to distance himself from his father to the point of forgoing his last name, Harry Reid would be more familiar with the idea of a Nevadan, Hispanic Republican. In his quest for the Nevada governorship, Rory Reid is getting trounced in polls at the moment by Brian Sandoval, a former federal judge, Attorney General, and…Hispanic Republican. From late July’s Las Vegas Review-Journal poll:
The Las Vegas Review-Journal/8NewsNow poll says that 50 percent of respondents now support Sandoval, 31 percent favor Reid and 14 percent remain undecided, a widening of the 11-point margin of two weeks ago.
The polls shows Sandoval with a double-digit lead in every demographic group other than Democrats.
Presumably, “every demographic” includes Hispanic voters. In Clark County, the dense left-leaning Las Vegas area Democrats count on to deliver the state, Sandoval is still leading Reid 45-36 (14 undecided). He also leads among independents, 56-21. Those numbers suggest that Sandoval might not be the only right-leaning Hispanic voter in Reid’s home state, no matter what Reid thinks.
Other polls have not put Sandoval’s lead as high as this most recent Mason-Dixon poll, but his RCP average lead has consistently been over 10 points.
Here’s a clue to how Reid’s comment is playing in Nevada, where the publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal pointed out the obvious:
And lest we forget, polls show that Nevada voters (which include that Hispanic electorate) are on the verge of overwhelmingly voting into office the state’s first Hispanic governor, Brian Sandoval. A dreaded Republican. What is that — stupid squared?
