Poll Predicts Outcome of PA Governor's Race [Rendell still leads by 13]

KDKA.com ^ | 9/10/02 | N/A

[BlackRazor]

Poll Predicts Outcome of PA Governor's Race

Sep 10, 2002 5:06 pm US/Eastern

(KDKA)-(Pittsburgh)-While Labor Day is traditionally the kick-off for the fall campaign, voters can be forgiven if they think this race for governor has been going on forever.

Defying the old tradition that pegs labor day as the start of the campaign, Republican Mike Fisher and Democrat Ed Rendell have been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on campaign commercials -- since early August.

Judging by the results of our exclusive KDKA-TV News Poll, (conducted September 7th-9th by SurveyUSA), though, voters may not be paying much attention.

One month ago, Rendell led Fisher by fourteen points: 52-percent to 38-percent.

Today, the results aren't much different: Rendell leads Fisher by thirteen points: 53-percent to 40-percent.

[BlackRazor]

This has to be considered bad news for Fisher. Considering his recent increase in advertising over the past month, I would have anticipated some tightening in this race by now. But there has been none.

[BlackRazor]

Flag - looks like a busy poll day!

[Coop]

Sure does. I guess the good news is an independent poll shows Fisher finally breaking 40% - just barely. But his ads don't seem to be accomplishing much just yet.