Clinton, Trump lead in polling of Keystone State

NEW POLLING ON the presidential race in Pennsylvania shows a mix of good news/bad news for current front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Quinnipiac University's just-released survey of three critical states - Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida (nobody's won the White House since 1960 without carrying two of the three) - has Clinton and Trump both easily ahead in the Keystone State for their respective party nominations.

So, good news for both.

Clinton has 45 percent support among Democrats, Bernie Sanders has 19 percent and undeclared/maybe candidate Joe Biden has 17.

Among Republicans, Trump has 24 percent, Ben Carson 13 percent, Marco Rubio 10 percent.

Yet while Clinton and Trump are top party choices, both get negative favorability ratings from a majority of Pennsylvania voters; both are viewed unfavorably by 55 percent of the electorate.

Go figure.

And in general election matchups, there's also bad news for both.

If the election were today, Clinton loses to Jeb Bush (43 percent to 40 percent) and to Rubio (47 percent to 40 percent), though she'd beat Trump in Pennsylvania (45 percent to 40 percent).

As for Trump, he loses the state not only to Clinton but also to Biden (48 percent to 40 percent), and even to Bernie Sanders (44 percent to 41 percent).

So a little worse news for Trump than Clinton.

The strangest poll findings overall show Biden beating Trump in all three states, assuming Biden gets in, Trump gets the nomination and nothing changes in the next 14 months or so.

So take that for what it's worth. And remember, polls are snapshots in real time. This one was taken Aug. 7 to Aug. 18. In Pennsylvania, 1,085 voters were polled. The margin of error is 3 percent. And you can see all the results right here: http://ph.ly/2016swingstatepoll.

-John Baer