All eyes on Pennsylvania…
According to a Cygnal poll released exclusively to The Daily Wire, former President Donald Trump is pulling ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania battleground counties.
From The Daily Wire:
The two counties, Erie and Northampton, have voted with the winning side in every election since 2008 — they sided with President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, Donald Trump in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020. Pennsylvania is considered one of the most important battleground states in the 2024 election with most polls showing a statistical tie between Trump and Harris.
Trump is ahead in the swing districts by just one percent, 49 to 48, according to the Cygnal survey.
“In a reversal from 2020, Pennsylvania’s ‘Bellwether Counties’ have narrowly swung back to Donald Trump,” the pollster wrote, determining that the former president is winning over traditional Democrat voters that view Harris as too radical. “As Democrats have a 4-point party registration advantage in these counties, this is further evidence of these ancestral Democrats increasingly leaving the party of their forefathers.”
Meanwhile, over at MSNBC, analyst Steve Kornacki sounded the alarm on Meet The Press over the weekend, warning Democrats are losing their advantage with party registration.
“You’re looking at party registration in Pennsylvania, and look at this: When Donald Trump first came on the scene, back in 2016, the democratic advantage and party registration in Pennsylvania was over 900,000 votes [in] 2020. Look now, in 2024, that’s been cut in two-thirds there, down to 330,000. There’s been a little bit of a boost for Democrats since Kamala Harris took over in registration, but the big picture trend has been more competitive for Republicans in party registration,” Kornacki explained.
Watch the clip below:
Steve Kornacki sees the party registration trending to the Republicans in Pennsylvania in 2024! pic.twitter.com/QayC29FucD
— Gary D (@KMGGaryde) October 7, 2024