Of course there is a question about it; no Republican has carried PA since '88. This poll is very good news. GW Bush polled this close to Gore in 2000 but ended up losing by 4.
One other internal for the poll: Whites 81%, Blacks 10%
pretty close to actual numbers. According to the census bureau, whites are 82.6% of Pennsylvania, blacks are 11.7%.
Hillary is nowhere near attractive as Gore and even Lurch.
For some reason, Democrats hate her.
Remember, back during the primaries, half of Democrats wanted someone else to be their nominee.
When half of your party doesn’t like you, its difficult to build momentum.
Gore was not a female.
I’m hesitant of this poll because it’s a small sample. I’m a former PA resident who voted for GWB there in 2004 (first election I was of age). GWB came close to winning in PA in 2004. I think it was like 50% Kerry 49% Bush or something like that. Anyways, PA is very hard to win for Republicans. Haven’t lived there since 2006, so I have less feeling for the current climate there.