Donald Trump is threatening to burn straight through Hillary Clinton's well-funded Pennsylvania firewall, according to a new poll that has Trump within the margin of error in the usually solidly Democratic state.
The poll, released on the eve of the first presidential debate by Muhelenberg College's Polling Institute and Morning Call, found that Republican nominee Trump was down only 3 points, 44 to 41 percent.
That represents both a gain in Trump support and a cratering of Clinton support. The same poll, one week earlier, found Clinton at 47 percent and Trump at 38 percent.
In a four-way race, the gap narrows even further, with Clinton at 40 percent, Trump at 38 percent and Libertarian and Green Party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein at 8 and 3 percent, respectively.
Clinton had vastly outspent Trump on television ads in the Quaker State, roughly $67 to $25 million as of the week of September 13.
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05.12.2024