Republican senators are running ahead of their Democratic challengers in Florida, North Carolina and OH, but the Pennsylvania race is basically tied, according to a new poll of likely voters.
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Marco Rubio, of Florida; Richard Burr, of North Carolina; Rob Portman, of OH; and Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, all edge out their Democratic challengers by margins ranging from 1 to 11 points, according to a Quinnipiac University survey.
Portman, an OH senator who has opened a wide lead on former Gov. Ted Strickland in recent surveys, is inching out even further ahead – by 11 points, 51% to 40%, in Quinnipiac’s poll.
Marco Rubio was leading Rep. Patrick Murphy by 7 points, 50%-43%. Richard Burr holds a 6-point lead over former state legislator Deborah Ross, despite Republican Gov.
The university conducted three of the statewide polls August 29-Sept. 7.
Meanwhile, Quinnipiac found that Pennsylvania’s see-saw race between Senator Pat Toomey, R-Penn., and Democratic challenger Katie McGinty remains too close to call. Forty-six percent of female likely voters in OH are backing Portman, while 45 percent are supporting Strickland.
Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said Clinton’s “bedrock support among women wobbled in the span of a few weeks” and Pennsylvania is back in play. The one-point gap is well within the margin of error.
Quinnipiac also surveyed 751 likely North Carolina voters, 775 likely OH voters and 778 likely Pennsylvania voters between August 29th and September 7th.
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The survey of 601 likely Florida voters was conducted August 31st through September 7th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
