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| Poll: Toomey reasserts lead over Sestak in PA |
| 2010-10-28 |
| [Washington Examiner] A new independent poll in Pennsylvania's race for U.S. Senate shows Republican Pat Toomey with an apparent lead over Democrat Joe Sestak. The Franklin & Marshall College poll released Wednesday shows Toomey supported by 43 percent of likely voters to Sestak's 36 percent. About a fifth remain undecided with a week until next Tuesday's election. A September poll by Franklin & Marshall showed Toomey leading by 9 percentage points. Other pollsters last week showed the race tightening. Toomey and Sestak are vying for the seat held by antiquated five-term Sen. Arlen Snarlin' ArlenSpecter, whom Sestak beat in the May primary. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Huh. Interesting. It matches my anecdotal experience while doing GOTV calls this last week. There's a significant number of "undecideds" which I don't think will actually vote. A *lot* of people try to beg off by claiming they only vote in presidential years. On more than one call, I've heard Sestak or Toomey ads booming on the TV in the background as I was calling the household. They must be airing 24/7; I haven't had cable for going on four years now. All that high-pressure advertising is going to drive down turnout. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-10-28 17:00 |