Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., holds a 5-point lead over his Republican opponent, Patrick Morrisey, according to two polls released Thursday.
In both polls, Manchin outpaced Morrisey with less than half of the voters surveyed.
Emerson College found that 47 percent support Manchin and 42 percent back Morrisey with 8 percent undecided; the MetroNews Dominion Post West Virginia Poll has Manchin ahead with 45 percent of voters surveyed, Morrisey lagged behind at 40 percent and 11 percent going to Libertarian candidate Rusty Hollen, with five percent undecided.
Rex Repass, pollster and West Virginia Poll author, said, “Probably the race has narrowed for a number of reasons… It could be a higher turnout this year because of just a tremendous amount of interest in the U.S. Senate race in West Virginia,” and “part of that was spurred by the Kavanaugh debate, part was because of President Trump being in the state multiple times for Patrick Morrisey.”
The two are set for a debate Thursday night, moderated by MetroNews’ Hoppy Kercheval.
“I think opinions of who you support are solidified,” Repass said. “This is a closing argument. It’s also rallying the base, making sure that those who are enthusiastic have already voted or will vote.”
Emerson polled 1,013 registered voters in West Virginia from Oct. 28-31, with a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percent. The West Virginia Poll surveyed 400 West Virginians and has a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percent.
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