Gore on top in Nevada poll

Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000 | 10:46 a.m.

If the presidential election were held today, Vice President Al Gore would narrowly carry Nevada, a new poll says.

A telephone poll of 500 likely voters from Nevada, taken Sunday and Monday by New Jersey-based SurveyUSA, found that 48 percent of the respondents would vote for Democrat Gore if the election were now, and 43 percent for Republican George W. Bush. Nine percent were either undecided or said they would vote for fringe candidates.

The poll, commissioned by KVBC Channel 3, also found Republican John Ensign, a veterinarian and former congressman, ahead of Democrat attorney Ed Bernstein, 49 percent to 42 percent, with 9 percent undecided in the race for U.S. Senate.

There is a 4.5 percent margin for error, said SurveyUSA, which said in a news release that it is "America's largest regional pollster."

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