Pennsylvania poll reveals tight presidential race, inflation a key concern

Vice President Harris narrowly leads former President Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to a new poll released by Monmouth University Wednesday.

Data showed that 40 percent of voters in the Keystone State said they will definitely vote for Harris, compared to 38 percent who said the same of Trump. Eight percent said they would probably vote for the vice president, while seven percent said they would probably vote for the former president, according to the poll.

Meanwhile, 44 percent said they would definitely not vote for Harris, compared to 46 percent who said they would definitely not vote for Trump according to the data.

The survey, conducted from Sept. 19 to 23, also found that inflation is the main issue for voters at 62 percent this election, along with economic growth at 45 percent, abortion at 40 percent and immigration at 38 percent. Eleven percent of respondents said crime was one of their top two issues.

Among the 18 percent of voters that named inflation and economic growth as their top two issues, 50 percent are supporting Trump while 36 percent are supporting Harris, the data found.

Pennsylvanians appeared split in whether they trust Harris or Trump to handle the issue of economic growth, with 51 percent who said that they trust Trump compared to 48 percent who chose Harris, the poll showed.

On the issue of immigration, 54 percent of voters in the state chose Trump compared to Harris’s 44 percent.

Harris leads Trump among voters on abortion, 57 percent to 39 percent.

Harris and Trump tied at 34 percent when it came to whether voters found either very favorable, the poll showed. Eleven percent found Trump somewhat favorable, compared to 15 percent who said the same of Harris.

Forty-two percent found Harris very unfavorable compared to Trump’s 47 percent.

The Monmouth University Poll used a random sample of 654 voters in Pennsylvania. Interviews were conducted in English via telephone, live call phone interviews and online surveys. It is noted that there is 95 percent confidence that the error attributed to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.