F and M Poll Oct, Biden up 6

[DeminPennswoods]

Here's a link to the local paper's story: https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/biden-lead-holds-steady-at-6-points-in-latest-franklin-marshall-college-poll/

It found 50% of voters contacted supported Biden, compared to 44% who supported President Donald Trump. That left about 5% undecided or supporting a third party candidate.

That’s a dramatic departure from the same point in 2016, when about 14% of voters here were undecided a week before the election.

One of the findings that may give the Trump campaign cause for concern is the change in voting patterns from 2016, said G. Terry Madonna, a political scientist and director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll.

Not only is Biden polling stronger than Hillary Clinton did the Philadelphia area, where she won in 2016, he also is polling stronger in the places like Southwestern Pennsylvania, where Trump won in counties Democrats controlled, such as Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland, by double digits.

This last part tends to confirm what I and others here in western PA have posited based on observations of yard signs, that Biden is doing better here than Clinton did in 2016.

Link to poll: https://www.fandm.edu/uploads/files/730787120293897090-f-m-poll-release-october-2020.pdf

[MyOwnPeace]

1. I'm THRILLED to hear that.......

Living in Butler County (home of SERIOUS tRump front-yard shrines) one would think that it is all signed, sealed, and delivered!

[DeminPennswoods]

3. In the link to the poll, there's

actually a breakdown of Clinton county between 2016 and 2020. It's an eye-opener.

[DeminPennswoods]

2. Interesting tidbits from poll

There is an enthusiasm gap with Dems being "very interested" at 82% and Rs at 74%. Liberals are at 88% and conservatives at 78% being "very interested" in the election.

Dems lead the generic congressional ballot 50-44, the first time all year Dems have been at 50%.