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Thursday, May 04, 2006

Pennsylvania: Russ Diamond - is it 16% or is it 3% in polls? Well, depends on the pollster...

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS: 3%

Poll finds Casey's lead falling

By CATHERINE LUCEYluceyc@phillynews.com 215-854-4172 Philadelphia Daily News May 4, 2006 ...The poll showed 49 percent of respondents for Rendell, with 35 percent for Swann and 3 percent for independent candidate Russ Diamond, who led a group that opposed legislative pay raises.... more

RASMUSSEN: 16%

Pennsylvania Governor: Swann (R) by 3

BY SCOTT RASMUSSEN ...Diamond attracts 16% of the vote if he is included in the poll at this time. Third party candidates often receive more support in early polls than they will actually receive on election day. However, the impact of Diamond's inclusion in the poll is dramatic--the overall poll results switches from a 3-point Swann lead to a 4-point Rendell lead.... more

1 comment:

Russ Diamond said...

I think they asked different people. At least I hope they did!