Democrats Lead in Pennsylvania Presidential and Senate Races: Poll

Democratic candidates for President and the Senate are leading their Republican rivals in Pennsylvania, a new poll shows.

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by eight points, 48% to 40%, among likely voters in the state, according to results of the latest Monmouth University Poll, which were released Tuesday. A lot of her support in the state comes from the Philadelphia region, where she has a 62% to 29% edge over Trump.

“It looks like Clinton’s got a friend in Pennsylvania, particularly in the Philly suburbs,” Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement. “A key factor boosting Clinton’s support there is that about half of white voters in this region have a college degree, compared to just over one-third in the rest of the state.”

U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty also has an advantage over her Republican opponent Pat Toomey, according to the poll. She leads 45% to 41%.

The Monmouth University Poll interviewed 402 likely voters in Pennsylvania between Aug. 26 and Aug. 29. It has a margin of error of +/-4.9%.