Trump says he wins Pa. if race fair

Donald Trump told a rally in Altoona, Pa., on Friday night that the only way Hillary Clinton could win the state was if "in certain sections of the state they cheat."

He urged his voters "to go around and look and watch other polling places and make sure that it's 100 percent fine."

According to CBS's Sopan Deb, who transcribed the comments, Trump told the audience: "We're going to watch Pennsylvania. Go down to certain areas and watch and study and make sure other people don't come in and vote five times. . . .

"The only way we can lose, in my opinion - and I really mean this, Pennsylvania - is if cheating goes on. I really believe it. Because I looked at Erie and it was the same thing as this.

"Let me just tell you, I looked over Pennsylvania. And I'm studying it. And we have some great people here. Some great leaders here of the Republican Party, and they're very concerned about that.

"And that's the way we can lose the state. And we have to call up law enforcement. And we have to have the sheriffs and the police chiefs and everybody watching. Because if we get cheated out of this election, if we get cheated out of a win in Pennsylvania, which is such a vital state, especially when I know what's happening here, folks. I know. She can't beat what's happening here.

"The only way they can beat it in my opinion - and I mean this 100 percent - if in certain sections of the state they cheat, OK?

"So I hope you people can sort of not just vote on the 8th, go around and look and watch other polling places and make sure that it's 100 percent fine, because without voter identification - which is shocking, shocking that you don't have it."

Pennsylvania has been considered one of the top prizes this election season, with many observers seeing Trump's message resonating with the state's white working-class voters.

But since the Democratic National Convention gathered in Philadelphia last month, polls have shown Clinton holding a lead of roughly 10 percentage points.

A Republican has not won the state since George H.W. Bush in 1988.

In 2012, Republicans hoped to turn the state red, but President Obama defeated Mitt Romney, 51.97 percent to 46.59 percent.