{"id":2233601,"date":"2024-04-30T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-gop-narrowing-gap-in-pennsylvania-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:37:45","slug":"poll-shows-gop-narrowing-gap-in-pennsylvania-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-gop-narrowing-gap-in-pennsylvania-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll indicates GOP closing in on Democrats in Pennsylvania Senate contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-shows-gop-narrowing-gap-in-pennsylvania-senate-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">recent poll<\/a> in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Senate race reveals that the Republican candidate, Dave McCormick, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colo-senate-race-among-tightest-polling-races\/\" title=\"Colo. Senate race among tightest polling races\">significantly narrowed<\/a> the lead\u200c of \u2062Democratic \u200dincumbent Bob Casey over the past two months. Casey currently leads McCormick by only 4 percentage points, with 46% \u2063to 42%, while approximately\u2062 12% of\u200b polled Pennsylvanians are undecided. \u200cYour revised text is clear and concise, providing a summary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-biden-by-a-significant-margin-in-crucial-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump holds a substantial lead over Biden in key swing states.\">recent \u200cpoll results<\/a> in the Pennsylvania Senate race\u200c between Dave\u2064 McCormick and Bob Casey. It effectively highlights the \u200dnarrowing gap between the \u200dcandidates and the undecided \u2064voter percentage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Poll Shows GOP Narrowing Gap in Pennsylvania Senate Race\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/columbia-suspends-media-access-to-campus-as-a-safety-measure\" data-post-url id=\"print-1885584\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>A new poll this week shows that in Pennsylvania\u2019s Senate race, Republican challenger Dave McCormick has closed more than half of the lead held by incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey over the past two months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Casey is now leading McCormick by only 4 percentage points\u201446 percent to 42 percent\u2014with around 12 percent of polled Pennsylvania<\/span> <span>voters remaining undecided, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/trump-holds-edge-over-biden-in-seven-key-swing-state-polls\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span>  to the Emerson College poll released on Tuesday. The April poll queried 1,000 registered voters and had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-nearly-half-of-voters-oppose-facebooks-trump-ban\/\" title=\"Survey: Nearly Half Of Voters Oppose Facebook\u2019s Trump Ban\">3 percent margin<\/a> of error.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Democratic incumbent had led his Republican challenger by as many as 10 points in Emerson College&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\/pennsylvania-senate-race\/pa-senate-race-bob-casey-leads-dave-mccormick-by-double-digits-in-new-poll\/\"><span>February poll<\/span><\/a><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Casey has represented Pennsylvania in the Senate since 2007, while McCormick, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-gamestop-saga-shows-system-is-not-the-capitalism-we-were-promised-not-even-close\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: GameStop Saga Shows System Is 'Not the Capitalism We Were Promised -- Not Even Close'\">hedge fund manager<\/a> and Treasury Department official, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/penncapital-star.com\/campaigns-elections\/david-mccormick-launches-campaign-for-senate\/\"><span>launched<\/span><\/a><span>  his Senate campaign in September after failing to clinch Pennsylvania\u2019s GOP Senate nomination in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Under the failed leadership of Joe Biden, America is in decline: Economically, militarily, spiritually,&#8221; McCormick said as he announced his Senate bid. &#8220;I\u2019m here to tell you tonight that it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Casey\u2019s shrinking margin is a cause for concern among Democrats as they fight to maintain their slim 51-49 majority in the Senate during the November general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Emerson College poll came after a poll earlier this month <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/poll-shows-republican-tim-sheehy-leading-montana-senator-jon-tester\/\"><span>indicated<\/span><\/a><span>  that Montana\u2019s Senate race is tilting in favor of Republicans. While 7 percent of Montana voters are still undecided, 48 percent support Republican challenger Tim Sheehy, compared with 45 percent for incumbent Democratic senator Jon Tester.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent poll, GOP contender Dave McCormick has significantly narrowed the gap against Democratic incumbent Bob Casey in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Senate race. Over the last two months, McCormick has slashed Casey&#8217;s lead by more than half. The current standings show Casey ahead by just 4 points, with 46% to McCormick&#8217;s 42%, while about 12% remain undecided<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2233602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pa-gop-senate-candidate-dave-mccormick-holds-primary-election-night-pa.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pa-gop-senate-candidate-dave-mccormick-holds-primary-election-night-pa.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}