Fox News Poll: Clinton, Trump Maintain PA Leads

Written by Nick Field, Managing Editor

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are retaining their leads in the Pennsylvania Presidential primary.

That’s according to the latest Fox News poll, which shows both of them up by double-digits.

GOP Primary

Donald Trump leads the field with 48% while John Kasich sits in second with 22% followed by Ted Cruz at 20%.

The big divides in Trump’s support are gender and education related. For instance, 53% of men support him against 42% of women while he gets 41% of those with college degrees and 55% among those that don’t have one.

Democratic Primary

On the other side of the aisle, Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 49% to 38%.

For the Dems there are several demographic divisions.

First of all, Hillary is far ahead with women (54/33) while Bernie edges her among men (45/42). Additionally, Clinton’s lead is much larger among blacks (69/22) than whites (54/33). The educational divide is also evident as Clinton performs better with those that graduated college (55/36) than those that didn’t (43/40).

It may surprise Sanders supporters to know that he does better with voters that make more than $50K (41%) than people who make less than $50K (34%).

Finally, the age gap is largest as Clinton wins with residents 45 or older (53/32) while Bernie takes those younger than 45 (55/37).

General Election

Fox also tested Clinton and Trump head-to-head and got a 44% to 44% tie.

In such a contest Clinton would win: blacks (84/8); Democrats (83/11); liberals (76/16); women (52/37); under $50K income (52/38); under 35 year-olds (50/36); college degree (48/41); over 65 year-olds (47/42); over 55 year-olds (45/44).

Meanwhile, Trump would prevail with: Republicans (77/9); conservatives (75/11); men (53/35); whites (49/40); 35 to 54 year-olds (49/41); no college degree (49/41); over $50K income (48/42).

This Fox News poll was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) through live telephone interviews. They surveyed 1,607 likely PA primary voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.5%. It includes 805 likely Democratic primary voters and 802 likely Republican primary voters, with margin of errors of +/-3.5%

April 11th, 2016 | Posted in Front Page Stories, Presidential, Top Stories | 11 Comments