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Trump Level In PA, 3pts Behind In MN According To Latest Polling

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President Donald Trump is level-pegging with Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the state of Pennsylvania in a Rasmussen opinion poll, and just 3% behind Biden in Minnesota according to an internal Republican poll from Harper Polling.

  • Pennsylvania: Trump 46%, Biden 46%. Rasmussen, August 25-27.
  • Minnesota: Biden 48%, Trump 45%. Harper Polling (internal Republican), August 30-September 1.
  • Should be noted that both of these pollsters have consistently shown narrower gaps between polling for Trump and Biden than most other outlets.
  • Joe Biden remains a strong favourite in Minnesota, as well as a marginal favourite in Pennsylvania.
  • Minnesota has not given its electoral college votes to a Republican candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972. Pennsylvania backed Trump in 2016, but prior to that had not voted for a GOP candidate since George H.W. Bush in 1988.

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