Did Democrats Back The Wrong Candidate In Pennsylvania?
WASHINGTON ― Democrats spent millions of dollars in their own primary in Pennsylvania to elevate Katie McGinty as their standard-bearer against GOP Sen. Pat Toomey. But a poll sent to The Huffington Post on Friday suggests that the guy Democrats pushed out ― former Rep. Joe Sestak ― might have been doing better at this point.
The survey, conducted by the firm Gravis Marketing, claims that Sestak would be leading Toomey 48 percent to 44 percent if he were the Democratic nominee, while voters give McGinty a slim 46 to 45 percent lead. Even John Fetterman ― the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and the progressive alternative from the Democratic primary ― would only be losing to Toomey by 2 points, according to the Gravis data.
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