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Oz closes in on Fetterman in poll

The Washington Examiner

Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is just 2 points behind Democratic rival John Fetterman in a new poll, the closest he has yet been.

Forty-five percent of Pennsylvanians who say they will “very likely” vote in November plan to vote for Fetterman, while 43% plan to vote for Oz, the Emerson College-hill poll found. Of those surveyed, 8% are undecided, while 5% plan to vote for another candidate. The same poll is 2 points narrower than last month’s, in which pollsters found Fetterman had a 4-point lead — a far cry from the 11-point lead Fetterman had back in July.

The same poll found that each of the candidates’ perceived major weakness has declined in prominence. Of those polled, 59% said that Fetterman’s stroke made no difference in their preference in the race, while 47% of respondents said Oz’s New Jersey residence made no difference to them. The percentages of respondents who were less likely to vote for the candidates as a result of these perceived defects were higher last month.

A recent Fox News poll also found that 45% of Pennsylvanians would vote for Fetterman, with just 41% backing Oz. A Muhlenberg College and Morning Call poll last week found Fetterman had a 5-point lead over Oz.

Meanwhile, the same poll found that in the governor’s race, Democrat Josh Shapiro held a 10-point lead over Republican Doug Mastriano.

The Emerson College-hill poll surveyed 1,000 Pennsylvanians who are “very likely” going to vote in the election from Sept. 23-26, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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