Democrats Lead in Pennsylvania Presidential and Senate Races Poll
Democratic candidates for President and the Senate are leading their Republican rivals in Pennsylvania, a new poll shows. Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by eight points, 48 to 40, among likely voters in the state, according to results of the latest Monmouth University Poll, which were released Tuesday. A lot of her support in the state comes from the Philadelphia region, where she has a 62 to 29 edge over Trump. "It looks like Clinton's got a friend in Pennsylvania, particularly in the Philly suburbs," Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement. "A key factor boosting Clinton's support there is that about half of white voters in this region have a college degree, compared to just over one-third in the rest of the state.", U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty also has an advantage over her Republican opponent Pat Toomey, according to the poll. She leads 45 to 41. The Monmouth University Poll interviewed 402 likely voters in Pennsylvania between Aug. 26 and Aug. 29. It has a margin of error of +/-4.9.