Here are the latest results from the Pennsylvania poll by Rasmussen Reports published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 700 voters polled on 7/23/08.
| Rasmussen Reports Date: 7/23/08 Pennsylvania Added: 7/25/08 |
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| Barack Obama | 47% |
| John McCain | 42% |
| Unsure | 6% |
| Other | 4% |
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Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters in Pennsylvania say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. That is slightly more optimistic to the national average. The majority (58%) agree with Obama that Iraq is not the “central front” of the War, while 43% believe that focus should be on Afghanistan. Fifty-percent of voters (50%) think Afghanistan is a bigger threat to the nation than Iraq.Most voters in Pennsylvania (68%) say news reporters often try to help the candidate they want to win when covering political campaigns. Nearly half (48%) say the media tries to help Obama the most. Those are similar sentiments to those found on the national level.
Despite the ailing economy, 38% of voters still believe the U.S. has one of the best economies in the world, while 50% disagree. However, 48% of voters think the media portrays the current economic situation as worse than it really is.
