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DePasquale vs. Sunday · October 8, 2024

Eugene DePasquale
50.3%
Eugene DePasquale (D)
Dave Sunday
49.7%
Dave Sunday (R)
D+0.6%
Published October 8, 2024 · 400 likely voters · MoE ±4.9%
Election result
R+4.6% Dave Sunday won
This poll's error: D+5.2%
What we wrote at the time

Republicans Improve in State-Level Pennsylvania Races

October 8, 2024

ActiVote’s October 8, 2024 Pennsylvania state-wide polls finds that Republicans lead in the Auditor General and Treasurer races, while the Democratic candidate has a minimal lead in the Attorney General race.

The polls were in the field between September 6 and October 7 (median field date of September 22). The polls were among 400 likely presidential election voters and have an average expected error of 4.9%.

Overview

The Auditor General (DeFoor) and Treasurer (Garrity) are Republican incumbents who lead in these polls, reversing our findings of the polls of August 23.

Please note that in each of these polls the threshold for inclusion in the crosstabs for the unweighted sample for Latino voters (5%) was not met, so that they are not separately reported in the crosstabs. They are part of the weighted overall result. For details on reporting in our crosstabs see answer 4 our polling disclosures.

Crosstabs

Weighted results by demographic group · October 8, 2024

Left
99%
Moderate Left
93%
Center
42%
58%
Moderate Right
11%
89%
Right
95%
Eugene DePasqualeDave Sunday

The full crosstab table

ActiVote · Pennsylvania Attorney General 2024 · October 8, 2024
ActiVote 400 LV Unweighted Weighted Eugene DePasquale Dave Sunday
National ±4.9% MoE 100% 100% 50.3% 49.7%
Political Spectrum Left 28% 22% 99% 1%
Moderate Left 25% 18% 93% 7%
Center 17% 20% 42% 58%
Moderate Right 13% 20% 11% 89%
Right 16% 21% 5% 95%
Region rural 24% 26% 43% 57%
suburban 46% 48% 45% 55%
urban 30% 26% 68% 32%
Age 18-29 28% 13% 53% 47%
30-49 35% 29% 53% 47%
50-64 23% 26% 51% 49%
65+ 13% 32% 46% 54%
Gender F 27% 53% 53% 47%
M 73% 47% 47% 53%
Party D 56% 45% 91% 9%
R 31% 42% 8% 92%
I 10% 11% 47% 53%
Ethnicity White 84% 80% 45% 55%
Black 7% 9% 79% 21%
Latino 3% 6% 70% 30%
Income Low 19% 20% 53% 47%
Middle 39% 43% 49% 51%
High 42% 37% 50% 50%
Education HS 22% 36% 49% 51%
Some C 9% 19% 52% 48%
BSC+ 69% 45% 51% 49%
All polls in this race: August 23, 2024 · October 8, 2024 · October 26, 2024
Methodology. 400 likely voters in Pennsylvania. Responses weighted by Demographics and Spectrum. Average expected error ±4.9%. See Why trust our polls? for the methodology, disclosures and accuracy record.