Two new polls bode well for Toomey
Allentown Morning Call
Posted by Colby Itkowitz at 01:32:13 PM on July 1, 2010
A new Rasmussen poll out today found RepublicanPat Toomey maintaining a single-digit lead over Democrat Joe Sestak now just four months from the fall election.
Toomey leads Sestak 45 percent to 39 percent with just 11 percent undecided and six percent preferring a third candidate.
The survey of 500 likely Pennsylvania voters found of those registered Republican about 80 percent supported Toomey while 70 percent of Democrats said they'd vote for Sestak.
Also of interest to the Toomey camp is a newGallup poll. The poll determined that independent voters across the country are leaning toward voting for Republicans this fall over Democrat by a 10 percent margin. Since March, "independent registered voters have consistently preferred the Republican to the Democrat when asked which congressional candidate they would vote for in their district."
Gallup interviews about 6,000 registered voters across the country each month. In June, 1,982 were independent registered voters.
"The preferences of these voters, as well as which independents turn out on Election Day, will have a major impact on the direction and magnitude of seat change in the midterm elections," Gallup concluded.
