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Posted on 10/20/2014 7:50:05 AM PDT by Phillyred
A new survey shows Gov. Tom Corbett (R) trailing Democratic challenger Tom Wolf, 49 percent to 42 percent, the tightest margin between the two candidates in any public poll so far.
The poll, released Friday by the news website Keystone Report, was conducted by Magellan Strategies, a GOP-leaning research firm based in Baton Rouge, La. It suggests a much closer race than other recent surveys, and is in line with what Pennsylvania Republicans say they have been seeing in private polls.
A poll conducted between Sept. 30 and Oct. 5 by Quinnipiac University, for instance, found that Wolf was leading by 17 percentage points.
The Real Clear Politics poll aggregator puts Wolf’s lead at an average of 11 percentage points, with slightly more than two weeks to go in the campaign.
In a memo released with its poll, Magellan said that Corbett’s improved standing with Republicans over the course of three polls it has conducted for Keystone Reports is responsible for his somewhat closing the gap with Wolf.
In July, Magellan found he had the support of 64 percent of GOP likely voters. The latest survey found Corbett backed by 73 percent of his fellow Republicans. It also noted a slight uptick in negative views of Wolf.
The pollster said the biggest difference between its finding and those of other recent polls is that the weighting of its responses assumes a lower relative turnout of Democrats compared to Republicans. Magellan said the assumption fits the state's historical turnout patterns in non-presidential election years.
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Thats probably too much to make up in such a short period of time.
This poll was taken before it was announced that Bammy and Moochelle will be campaigning for Wolf.
Not to mention that, according to the new electronic voting machine system, NO ONE (zero) voted for Romney in Philly in the last presidential election.
I don’t like the RCP aggregation of polls. One intentional outlier and the number is skewed any way you like.
Any person in Pennsylvania that is sound of mind, body and heart will vote against all Democrats running for elective office, come election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2014!!! Completely destroy the entire Democrat Party, politcally and you instantly make POTUS Obama an instant “Lame Duck” POTUS!!! Do It!!!
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The Philly/New York infection spreads.
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