shows the races for president and for the 10th Congressional District tightening among South Central Pennsylvania voters following former president Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony charges last week.
The overall poll for the presidential election shows the presumptive Republican nominee Trump leading Democratic President Joe Biden with 44% to Biden's 38% and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receiving 10%. 9% of responses were either for a different candidate or were undecided. The race for the House of Representatives seat in the 10th Congressional District is much closer, with Republican Congressman Scott Perry leading Democrat and former news anchor Janelle Stelson 45% to 44%, with 11% undecided.
"Normally, when you look at a campaign event or something that happens in the course of the campaign, it takes time for those effects to be heard and to resonate," said Berwood Yost, the Director of the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin and Marshall which conducted the poll."I was surprised at the speed at which it happened, but in some ways, it's an unprecedented event.