Here are the latest results from the Pennsylvania poll by Rasmussen Reports for FOX News published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 500 voters polled on 9/21.
Rasmussen Reports for FOX News Date: 9/21 Pennsylvania Added: 9/23/08 |
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Barack Obama | 48% |
John McCain | 45% |
Quote:
"Pennsylvania has the nation's third-highest percentage of seniors, after Florida and West Virginia, in part because seniors have been extraordinarily effective in winning the benefits that keeps people such as Generette living in York. Now this same political power is being put to a national test, with many experts saying the presidential campaign in Pennsylvania is likely to be decided by the senior vote. While 15 percent of the state's residents are over 65, they turn out in high numbers at the polls, leading to predictions that 25 percent to 30 percent of voters who go to the polls in November are likely to be seniors." On national security, McCain has the edge, 48% to 42%.This week, the number of Pennsylvania voters who name the economy as the top voting issue jumped to 45% from 35% a week ago.
Forty percent (40%) of Pennsylvania voters would be very or extremely comfortable with Obama as President. Thirty-six percent (36%) say the same about McCain. Those figures reflect a seven-point drop for McCain and little change for Obama.
Thirty-four percent (34%) say they would not be comfortable at all with Obama as President and 38% say the same about McCain.
Voters are evenly divided as to whose advice they would seek for the toughest decision of their life—45% say they’d prefer McCain and 44% choose Obama.
Source: Latest Polls, Electoral College Results