From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

As the presidential candidates square off for the general election, Nevadans are closely divided between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, according to a statewide poll.

If the election were held today, 44 percent would vote for McCain, 42 percent for Obama, while 14 percent of likely voters remain undecided, according to the poll of 625 likely voters, conducted Monday through Wednesday by Washington, D.C.-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. for the Review-Journal and reviewjournal.com.

The presidential contest is well within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It confirms the conventional wisdom that Nevada is a swing state that might throw its electoral votes to either candidate in November.

"It's a statistical tie. It's a toss-up," said pollster Brad Coker, managing partner of Mason-Dixon. "Nevada is a battleground. It's clearly a state both candidates, both campaigns, both parties are going to pay a lot of attention to.

They sure will pay a lot of attention - Nevada's five electoral votes might be the difference between victory and defeat. From my point of view, McCain is best position to eventually win in Nevada - popular with hispanics, a large military population, shared Mountain West conservatism - all of these will tell in McCain's favor as Nevadans make their choice in November.

The bad news: being a Battleground State means we'll have a lot more political ads than other States, which can get annoying at times.

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