Polls · Pennsylvania's 8th district
Emerson College , 14 October 2026
Emerson College has Paige Cognetti ahead of Rob Bresnahan by 4 points in Pennsylvania's 8th district, 52% to 48%. It is this pollster's first poll of this race in our data.
| Race | Pennsylvania's 8th district |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 12 October 2026 – 14 October 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 396 (likely voters) |
| Paid for by | Poll Vault |
| Method | text-to-web to voter-file sample (MMS) plus online panel interviews; matched to the Aristotle voter file |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 Paige Cognetti D |
52 | |
 Rob Bresnahan R |
48 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+4.0; after our adjustments D+5.4, which includes a move of 0.9 points to the Democrats with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Photo credits
1 official portrait from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (US government work, public domain): Rob Bresnahan.
- Paige Cognetti: Photo: US Department of Labor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paige_Cognetti_(52165104986)_(3x4a).jpg)