NBC News/Marist Poll Pennsylvania Annotated Questionnaire
September 2020
PA Adults: n=1,147; MoE +/- 3.6
PA Registered Voters: n=1,039; MoE +/- 3.8
PA Likely Voters: n=771; MoE +/- 4.4

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as
president?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as
president? [And, would you say you strongly approve/disapprove of
the job he is doing or just approve/disapprove?]

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tom Wolf is doing as
governor?

If November's election for president were held today, whom would
you support if the candidates are: [If undecided: If you had to
decide today, are you leaning more towards:] [Asked of Registered
Voters]

PA Adults

PA
Registered
Voters

PA
Likely
Voters

Column %

Column %

Column %

Approve

45%

45%

45%

Disapprove

50%

52%

52%

Vol: Unsure

5%

4%

3%

Strongly approve

31%

33%

35%

Approve

14%

12%

10%

Disapprove

8%

8%

7%

Strongly disapprove

42%

43%

45%

Unsure

5%

4%

3%

Approve

53%

55%

54%

Disapprove

37%

37%

39%

Vol: Unsure

10%

8%

7%

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,
the Democrats

n/a

52%

53%

Donald Trump and Mike Pence,
the Republicans

n/a

44%

44%

Other

n/a

2%

1%

Undecided

n/a

2%

2%

6%

5%

Pennsylvania Persuadable Voters
Would you say that you strongly support <candidate> somewhat
support them, or do you think that you might vote differently on
Election Day? [Asked of Registered Voters with a Candidate
Preference]

In general, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of
Donald Trump?

In general, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of
Joe Biden?

In general, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of
Mike Pence?

In general, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of
Kamala Harris?

NBC News/Marist Poll PA Annotated Questionnaire September 2020

Strongly support

n/a

77%

80%

Somewhat support

n/a

19%

17%

Might vote differently

n/a

3%

2%

Unsure

n/a

1%

1%

Favorable

44%

44%

44%

Unfavorable

52%

54%

54%

Unsure-Never Heard

4%

3%

2%

Favorable

48%

49%

50%

Unfavorable

45%

46%

46%

Unsure-Never Heard

7%

5%

4%

Favorable

45%

46%

46%

Unfavorable

45%

47%

47%

Unsure-Never Heard

10%

7%

6%

Favorable

44%

46%

47%

Unfavorable

41%

42%

43%

Unsure-Never Heard

15%

11%

10%

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 Who do you think would be better when it comes to dealing with
the economy:

Who do you think would be better when it comes to dealing with
the coronavirus:

Who do you think would be better when it comes to dealing with
race relations:

Who do you think would be better when it comes to dealing with
crime:

As you may know, there have been protests across the country
over the actions of police against George Floyd in Minneapolis and
Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Which concerns you more:

PA Adults

PA
Registered
Voters

PA
Likely
Voters

Column %

Column %

Column %

Joe Biden

38%

40%

41%

Donald Trump

52%

51%

51%

Both would be equally good

4%

4%

4%

Neither would be good

3%

3%

3%

Vol: It depends

1%

<1%

<1%

Vol: Unsure

2%

2%

1%

Joe Biden

51%

52%

53%

Donald Trump

38%

38%

38%

Both would be equally good

1%

1%

1%

Neither would be good

8%

8%

7%

Vol: It depends

<1%

<1%

<1%

Vol: Unsure

2%

2%

1%

Joe Biden

54%

56%

56%

Donald Trump

34%

34%

35%

Both would be equally good

2%

2%

2%

Neither would be good

7%

7%

6%

Vol: It depends

<1%

<1%

<1%

Vol: Unsure

3%

2%

1%

Joe Biden

42%

44%

45%

Donald Trump

45%

45%

45%

Both would be equally good

3%

3%

3%

Neither would be good

5%

5%

5%

Vol: It depends

<1%

<1%

<1%

Vol: Unsure

4%

3%

3%

The actions of police against
George Floyd and Jacob Blake

41%

43%

42%

The actions of protesters looting
or using violence
Vol: Unsure

47%
13%

46%
11%

47%
11%

Nature of the Sample: NBC News/Marist Poll of 1,147 Pennsylvania Adults
This survey of 1,147 adults was conducted August 31st through September 7th, 2020 by The Marist Poll sponsored in partnership with NBC News. Adults 18
years of age and older residing in the state were contacted on landline or mobile numbers and interviewed by telephone using live interviewers. Survey
questions were available in English or Spanish. Mobile telephone numbers were randomly selected based upon a list of telephone exchanges from throughout
the state from Dynata. The exchanges were selected to ensure that each region was represented in proportion to its population. Mobile phones are treated as
individual devices. After validation of age, personal ownership, and non-business-use of the mobile phone, interviews are typically conducted with the person
answering the phone. To increase coverage, this mobile sample was supplemented by respondents reached through random dialing of landline phone
numbers. Within each landline household, a single respondent is selected through a random selection process to increase the representativeness of
traditionally under-covered survey populations. The samples were then combined and balanced to reflect the 2017 American Community Survey 5-year
estimates for age, gender, income, race, and region. Assistance was provided by Luce Research for data collection. Results are statistically significant within
±3.6 percentage points. There are 1,039 registered voters. The results for this subset are statistically significant within ±3.8 percentage points. There are 771
likely voters defined by a probability turnout model which determines the likelihood respondents will participate in the November 2020 election based upon their
chance of vote, interest in the election, and past election participation. The results for this subset are statistically significant within ±4.4 percentage points.
Tables include results for subgroups to only display crosstabs with an acceptable sampling error. It should be noted that although you may not see results listed
for a certain group, it does not mean interviews were not completed with those individuals. It simply means the sample size is too small to report. The error
margin was adjusted for sample weights and increases for cross-tabulations.

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