Poll: Toomey trails Dem by 4 points in Pennsylvania Senate race
Sen. Pat Toomey (R) is trailing Democratic challenger Katie McGinty by 4 points in Pennsylvania, a new poll released Tuesday finds.
{mosads}A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist survey found McGinty leading Toomey 48 percent to 44 percent among registered voters. The same poll had McGinty up by 3 points last month.
The Pennsylvania Senate seat will be one of the most closely watched this cycle and could be pivotal in determining which party controls the Senate next year.
Democrats need a gain of five seats — or four seats they keep control of the White House — to regain the upper chamber’s majority.
The 2016 cycle is proving to be a challenging one for Senate Republicans, who must defend 24 seats while Democrats only defend 10.
Republicans are worried about the prospect of their presidential nominee, Donald Trump, dragging down incumbents in close races. Trump has stumbled since his nomination at the GOP convention last month, and a slew of polls showing him trailing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton nationally and in battleground states.
The same poll Tuesday showed Clinton leading Trump 48 percent to 34 percent in Pennsylvania.
Toomey has a significant cash advantage over McGinty, but she now leads him in a RealClearPolitics polling average by less than a half a point. Other polls have found the race to be a dead heat.
Tuesday’s poll was conducted from Aug. 3 to 7 among 834 registered voters in Pennsylvania. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.
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