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F&M Poll: Ahead in the State's GOP Primary, Trump Viewed Less Than Favorable by PA Voters

While Donald Trump has a commanding lead in the Republican primary field in Pennsylvania, the state’s registered voters, who express a brighter outlook about their personal finances, do not have a favorable impression of the former president, according to the August Franklin & Marshall College Poll.

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