new poll from Susquehanna
Democrat Hillary Clinton gets 46 percent,
Republican Donald Trump 37 percent,
Libertarian Gary Johnson 7 percent,
Green Party nominee Jill Stein 3 percent.
“Closing a nine-point gap is not an easy thing to do in a state as Democratic as Pennsylvania,” said Jim Lee of Susquehanna Polling and Research.
and for the Senate
The poll showed that things are tighter in the race for U.S. Senate. Incumbent Republican Pat Toomey is trailing Democratic challenger Katie McGinty, 42-40 percent.
“That’s a dead heat, within the poll’s margin of error,” said Lee, who noted the margin of error is +/- 3.5 percent.
But a dead heat is trouble for a five-and-a-half-year incumbent in a state where there are nearly a million more registered Democrats than Republicans.
“He’s not getting two in 10 Democrats to say they’re with him,” Lee said. “So, if you’re getting a straight party vote, he loses just by simple mathematics.”