Tag: Chris Hackett

Lycoming College (10/19-23, likely voters, 9/21-25 in parentheses):

Chris Carney (D-inc): 50 (46)

Chris Hackett (R): 35 (36)

(MoE: ±4.7%)

Holding a seat in an R+8 district that we picked up mostly because the incumbent was accused of choking his mistress shouldn’t be this easy. Chris Carney pushes his lead in this race to 15 points, up from 10 in last month’s Lycoming poll.

In fact, with the exception of a SurveyUSA poll in August that had the race within 4, nobody has seen this as a close race. We might not be so lucky in 2010 in terms of having the wind at our backs, but if Carney can hold on until 2012, he can probably be rewarded with a much safer district (like the older configuration of the 10th, which contained Dem-heavy Scranton).

Lycoming College (9/21-25, likely voters):

Chris Carney (D-inc): 46

Chris Hackett (R): 36

(MoE: ±4.6%)

We’ve gotten up-and-down results in the race for Pennsylvania’s 10th District (a.k.a. “Chris vs. Chris”). Democratic internals have shown Chris C. doubling up on Chris H., but a recent SurveyUSA poll showed only a 4-point margin.

A new poll from Lycoming College (located in Williamsport, the population center of the district) gives Carney a bit more breathing room in this R+8 district, although he’s still below the magic 50% mark. Obama coattails in this heavily pro-Clinton district may not be strong, but maybe local-boy-made-good Joe Biden is generating some coattails of his own.