PA-SEN: New Pennsylvania poll shows Casey ahead

[RandySF]

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who is running for a fourth term, leads Republican challenger Dave McCormick by 5 points, a sizeable lead, but still within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points. The survey found 48% of voters plan to or learn toward supporting Casey, 43% are likely to vote for McCormick and 9% said they would vote for neither or are still unsure.

While Casey’s lead is largely unchanged from the last Muhlenberg College poll in April, both Casey and McCormick have seen a drop in their favorability ratings. In the April survey, 39% had a favorable view of Casey, compared to only 33% in the latest poll. Meanwhile his unfavorable rating jumped 5 points from 33% to 38%.

While McCormick’s favorable rating was unchanged at 28%, his unfavorable rating jumped 12 points from 26% to 38%.

A barrage of negative campaign ads in the race likely explains the drop in favorability, according to the poll’s key findings.





https://www.mcall.com/2024/09/25/morning-call-muhlenberg-college-poll-trump-and-harris-tied-in-pa/

[senseandsensibility]

1. Simon Rosenberg said that Rasmussen (R) is releasing RW polls

in PA, and that could explain why Casey has been behind in some recent ones. But I believe that he's ahead, and this new poll is good to see.

[Butterflylady]

2. McCormick should have not taken

On Casey. My dog even knows this. The Casey name is well known in this state, McCormick not so much.

[PCIntern]

3. Exactly.

[biophile]

4. A lot of Republicans were confident Drumpf would beat Biden

And many were hoping to ride those coattails on the down ballot. But it seems they haven’t learned the Dr Oz lesson- don’t be a rich out of state guy taking on a local known politician.