LAW AND ORDER NARRATIVE AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS
ON THE GROUND IS SAYING EVERY
BRICK YOU THROW THROUGH A WINDOW
IS A VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.
>> LETS STAY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY PUTS JOE
BIDEN AHEAD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
BY SEVEN POINTS IN THE STATE,
51% TO 44%.
LETS BRING IN DIRECTOR OF THE
MONMOUTH POLL, PATRICK MURRAY.
GOOD MORNING.
SO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF YOUR
NEW POLLING AND HOW STEADY IT
HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS AND MONTHS.
ARE YOU SEEING A LATE BREAK
HERE?
>> I THINK PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN
THE STATE WHERE AS YOU HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THERES BEEN THE
SOFTEST MOVEMENT, THE ABILITY TO
MOVE FOLKS.
WE HAD JOE BIDEN UP BY DOUBLE
DIGIT, BY 11 POINTS, JUST AFTER
THE FIRST DEBATE AND WHEN THE
PRESIDENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
COVID.
THAT HAD A MAJOR IMPACT AND I
THINK THE VOTERS ARE MORE LIKELY
TO MOVE.
THE KEYS THAT WERE SEEING IN
PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT NOW IS THAT
JOE BIDEN IS HOLDING ON TO THAT
LEAD AND ITS A PRETTY DECENT
LEAD BUT IT STILL IS MOVEABLE.
WERE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FOR
HIM HAVING SOME WEAKNESS IN THE
SENIOR VOTE.
PROBABLY STILL GOING TO WIN THE
SENIOR VOTE BUT NOT BY AS MUCH
AS A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THING IS A WHAT REVEREND
SHARPTON IS TALKING ABOUT WITH
THE LAW AND ORDER ISSUE COMING
UP WITH THE VOTERS BUT JOE BIDEN
WERE SEEING A SOLID LEAD IN
PHILADELPHIA, SOLID LEAD WITH
BLACK VOTERS.
PARTICULARLY THE PHILADELPHIA
SUBURBS.
THE AREAS THAT ARE STILL GOING
TO BE UP FOR GRABS AS THEY WERE
FOUR YEARS AGO WAS NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA, THAT AREA FROM
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, DOWN TO
LEHIGH COUNTY.
THATS WHY HES BEEN GOING TO BE
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THERE
BECAUSE THAT AREA IS STILL VERY
MUCH UP FOR GRABS.
THE OTHER PART WERE SEEING JOE
BIDEN DOING WELL IS EATING INTO
DONALD TRUMPS SHARE OF THE VOTE
IN THE RED AREAS.
JUST MOVE A LITTLE BIT OVER TO
LUZERNE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE,
WHICH SWUNG TO 20 POINTS TOWARDS
DONALD TRUMP IN 2016.
DONALD TRUMPS PROBABLY STILL
GOING TO WIN LUZERNE BUT WE ARE
SEEING THAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING
WELL ENOUGH WITH THE VOTERS THAT
HE MIGHT CUT THE MARGIN SAY IN
HALF.
BUT THAT MEANS THERES STILL
ROOM FOR DONALD TRUMP TO MAKE UP
THAT DIFFERENCE THERE.
>> BY THE WAY, BIDEN WILL BE
THERE IN BEAVER COUNTY AND IN
PITTSBURGH TONIGHT.
AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE SUBURBS,
BUCKS COUNTY AND MANY OTHERS,
HOW IS JOE BIDEN DOING AS
COMPARED TO HILLARY CLINTON FOUR
YEARS AGO IN THOSE COUNTIES?
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT?
>> HES DOING PROBABLY ABOUT
FIVE POINTS BETTER ON AVERAGE IN
THOSE SUBURBS THAN HILLARY
CLINTON.
THATS PRETTY MUCH LOCKED IN.
THIS IS THE BLUE WAVE WE SAW TWO
YEARS AGO IN THE MIDTERMS WHILE
IT DIDNT KNOCK OUT FITZPATRICK
IN BUCKS COUNTY, THE VOTES WERE
PICKED UP THERE AND THEY STUCK
FOR JOE BIDEN.
SO THATS PRETTY SOLID FOR HIM.
THATS WHY WERE LOOKING AT A
LARGER LEAD IN THE POLLS NOW
THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
WE ARE SEEING THE SOFTNESS
OUTSIDE OF THE SUBURBS.
JOE BIDEN CAN BANK ON THE
SUBURBS THE QUESTION COMES DOWN
AGAIN TO WHAT HAPPENS IN
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
>> FASCINATING STUFF.