CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Pennsylvania Senate contest narrows - CBS News

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Fetterman, Oz conscionable for anticipated statement

Pennsylvania Senate candidates conscionable for anticipated debate 03:49

The enactment bases are consolidating astir their candidates successful the Pennsylvania Senate race, present a toss-up contention with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman up by 2 points heading into their statement Tuesday night. He led by 5 points a period ago.

To the grade determination is attitudinal change, it's partially driven by much Republicans "coming home" toward Dr. Mehmet Oz: the percent of Republicans saying they'd ballot for their nominee is up to 94% from 87% past month.

In Tuesday night's debate, the economy, state prices, transgression and termination are among apical issues radical privation to perceive astir — and astir don't deliberation it is important to perceive astir Fetterman's wellness oregon Oz's residency. 

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Last month, voters said a statement was somewhat important — particularly Republicans — and contiguous voters are somewhat apt to ticker it. Thirty percent of voters wide accidental they're precise apt to tune in. (Perhaps this volition emergence adjacent higher erstwhile Pennsylvanians, astatine slightest successful the Philadelphia area, retrieve that the World Series doesn't commencement until Friday.) And they privation to perceive astir the economy, constabulary and crime, state prices and abortion.

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Both candidates are down successful enthusiasm. Oz's voters are not much enthusiastic astir him than before, adjacent arsenic they backmost him. And less Fetterman backers are precise enthusiastic astir Fetterman, adjacent arsenic they backmost him. As successful galore contests, partisans are often reminded by campaigns of reasons to consciousness negatively toward the opposition, and that surely seems to beryllium the lawsuit here. 

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The prospective electorate has go much partisan than past month's — that is, the acceptable of apt voters is much dominated by those affiliating with either Republicans oregon Democrats — including those who accidental they volition decidedly ballot oregon person already voted. Over 9 successful 10 of each candidate's backers accidental they would not see voting the different way.

That's accordant with a turnout-driven run successful which fewer voters power sides, and determination are less self-identified autarkic apt voters left. The ones that are successful the premix are much for Fetterman. Meanwhile immoderate voters, mostly Democrats, person reported casting ballots by message already, which is reflected successful the topline estimate.

This period a somewhat smaller bulk accidental Fetterman is steadfast capable to serve, driven by Republicans who accidental "no" successful greater numbers present — lone a 4th of Republicans accidental helium is — erstwhile again suggesting the run themes are moving with the enactment bases, but not arsenic overmuch beyond them.

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The system and ostentation stay apical concerns by wide margins. Crime is fundamentally unchanged successful comparative value from past month. (It's a specified 2 points up and remains beneath the system and inflation, each of which besides amusement incremental upticks.) However, that contented appears to beryllium giving screen to partisans and whitethorn beryllium helping Oz with the GOP base. As Republicans tally ads astir Fetterman's attack to transgression and transgression justice, it's Republicans and Oz voters who are astir apt to accidental the taxable carries much importance. For Democrats and independents, the taxable matters comparably less.

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Likewise, with ads tally by Democrats regarding Oz's views connected abortion, it's Democrats who are astir apt to accidental that contented is important. It tops the value database for Democrats, and Fetterman keeps a ample pb among voters saying termination is precise important.


This CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker survey was conducted with a statewide typical illustration of 1,084 registered voters successful Pennsylvania interviewed betwixt October 21-24, 2022. The illustration was weighted according to gender, age, race, acquisition and geographic portion based connected the U.S. Census Current Population Survey, arsenic good arsenic to 2020 statesmanlike vote. The borderline of mistake is ±4.1 points. 

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Anthony Salvanto

Anthony Salvanto

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' manager of elections and surveys. He oversees each polling crossed the nation, states and legislature races, and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates outcomes connected predetermination nights. He is the writer of "Where Did You Get This Number: A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World," from Simon & Schuster (a part of ViacomCBS), and appears regularly crossed each CBS News platforms. His scholarly probe and writings screen topics connected polling methodology, voting behavior, and sampling techniques.

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