Quinnipiac once again shows Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey cruising to victory
Well, Quinnipiac's done it again. Once again,
their latest poll has decreed that Ohio is bluer than Pennsylvania, a state of affairs we previously noted
has not obtained since the days of "Dewey Defeats Truman." As a result, they continue to find positive results for Democrats in the Buckeye State, with ex-Gov. Ted Strickland leading GOP Sen. Rob Portman 46-43, the same spread as last time. The numbers are also identical to a new
Democratic poll from Harstad Research.
But oy, Pennsylvania. Quinnipiac has Republican Sen. Pat Toomey swamping ex-Rep. Joe Sestak 49-34 and crushing former state cabinet official Katie McGinty 51-31. (Braddock Mayor John Fetterman wasn't tested.) That's very similar to the school's last two polls, but it's been a long time since any outfit we can trust has been in the field here. Democrats haven't put out any internal polls to counter Quinnipiac's data, probably because they're still trailing, even if it's by smaller margins. And there may not be a need to, as the only people affected by such early polling are donors, and McGinty just pulled in a sizable $1 million in her first two months on the trail.
But it would still be nice to know what's really going on in the Keystone State, because there's good reason to think Quinnipiac's not telling the story right.