Last week, there were some polling numbers that contradicted each other, but PPP released their latest round of polling for the race for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania this morning -- and it looks like good news for the Sestak campaign:
Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak has cut deeply into Republican rival Pat Toomey’s lead in Pennsylvania’s competitive Senate race and now holds a 1-percentage-point edge, according to a new poll.While the polls that show Joe Sestak pulling even with (or even ahead of) Pat Toomey are few and far between, I think that they should not be discounted. The Keystone State is solidly purple and, despite the President's low approval ratings, I think that Pennsylvanians could go either way in this race.
The survey released Tuesday by Democratic-allied Public Policy Polling found Sestak winning 46 percent of the vote to Toomey’s 45 percent support, within the 3.7 percent margin of error. That’s a stark turnaround from PPP’s survey in August, when Toomey, a former three-term congressman, held a 9-percentage-point edge.
Though it’s only the second public poll to show a significantly closer race, the results echo internal polling from both parties, which increasingly forecast a tight contest within the margin of error. That narrowing has come as Sestak’s campaign increases its TV ad buys and more voters tune into the race. A Rasmussen Reports survey released last week found Toomey still enjoying a 10-percentage-point lead.
Although, my gut continues to tell me that Toomey will eke out a win in November...
