No State More Important To Both Camps Than PA ... Where The Other Guy's Grass Looks Oddly Greener: In an election for President of the United States today in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania, Democrat Barack Obama edges Republican John McCain 50% to 44%, according to this SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WCAU-TV Philadelphia, KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, WNEP-TV Wilkes-Barre Scranton, WHTM-TV Harrisburg, and WJAC-TV Johnstown. 19% of Democrats are voting Republican. 17% of Republicans are voting Democrat. This is a level of party defection not seen in other states, and may be a window into just how unhappy some Keystone voters are with news events in general, as much as they might be unhappy with their party's candidate in particular. McCain holds 81% of Conservatives, Obama holds 86% of Liberals, but Obama is positioned to capture PA's 21 vital Electoral Votes on the backs of Moderates, among whom he leads by 22 points today.
There is much meat on the bone: McCain leads in West Central PA, which includes Johnstown, and in South Central PA, which includes Harrisburg. Obama leads in Southeastern PA, which includes Philadelphia, and Southwestern PA, which includes Pittsburgh. The candidates are effectively tied in Northeastern PA, which includes Scranton, birthplace of Joe Biden, and as much as any town in America, is the epicenter of the entire national campaign.
McCain leads among whites, among gun owners, among those who attend religious services regularly, among those who do consider the United States to be a Super Power but who do not consider themselves to be an intellectual, and among voters older than McCain. Obama leads among lower income voters, among African Americans and among voters younger than McCain.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=cc4913d9-4718-4b45-99dd-925de096e744
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