10/16/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

PA Gov Race Primary:
Dan Onorato: 19%
Jack Wagner: 14%
Joe Hoeffel: 11%
Chris Doherty: 6%
Tom Knox: 4%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Onorato: 33%-25%
Wagner: 38%-20%
Hoeffel: 26%-30%
Doherty: 23%-28%
Knox: 21%-33%

10/15/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

Gov Primary:
Tom Corbett 54%
Jim Gerlach 10%

10/15/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

US Senate Primary:
Arlen Specter 46%
Joe Sestak 42%

10/14/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

US Senate Race General:
Pat Toomey: 45%
Arlen Specter: 40%

Pat Toomey: 37%
Joe Sestak: 38%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Specter: 46%-52%
Toomey: 52%-27%
Sestak: 37%-34%

Approve/Disapprove:
Obama: 51%-48%
Rendell: 37%-61%

Gov-run health insurance option:
Favor: 43%
Oppose: 43%

Gov-run health insurance option if it encouraged companies to drop private health insurance coverage for their workers?:
Favor: 23%
Oppose: 63%

Table Games in PA:
Yes: 53%
No: 29%

10/14/09 PA Susquehanna Statewide:

US Senate Race Primary:
Arlen Specter: 44%
Joe Sestak: 16%

US Senate Race General:
Arlen Specter: 42%
Pat Toomey: 41%

Should Specter be re-elected or is it time to give someone else a chance (all):
Be re-elected: 31%
Give someone else a chance: 59%

Should Specter be re-elected or is it time to give someone else a chance (among Dems):
Be re-elected: 44%
Give someone else a chance: 45%

Should Specter be re-elected or is it time to give someone else a chance (among GOP):
Be re-elected: 16%
Give someone else a chance: 75%

PA Gov Race Primary:
Tom Corbett: 36%
Jim Gerlach: 13%
Undecided: 50%

State headed in right or wrong direction:
Right: 22%
Wrong: 68%

10/1/09 PA Quinnipiac Statewide:

US Senate Race Primary Head to Head:
Specter 44%
Sestak 25%

US Senate Race General Head to Head:
Specter 42%
Toomey 43%

Sestak 35%
Toomey 38%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Specter: 42%-46
Sestak: 21%-8%
Toomey: 34%-12%

Job Approval/Disapproval:
Specter: 44%-48%
Casey: 52%-29%
Obama: 49%-42%

Specter deserves to be reelected?
Yes: 37%
No: 52%

Obama handling of economy Approval/Disapproval:
46%-47%

Obama handling of health care Approval/Disapproval:
39%-53%

Obama’s health care reform plan Support/Oppose
41%-47%

9/30/09 PA Quinnipiac Statewide:

US Gov Primary Head to Head:
Onorato 14%
Wagner 11%
Knox 5%
Hoeffel 12%
Doherty 8%

Corbett 42%
Gerlach 13%

US Gov General Head to Head:
Corbett 47%
Onorato 28%

Corbett 44%
Wagner 29%

Approval/Disapproval:
Rendell: 42% 51%
State Legislature: 27%-64%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Gerlach: 13%-6%
Corbett: 43%-7%
Onorato: 17%-11%
Wagner: 22%-6%
Knox: 10%-4%
Doherty: 10%-4%
Hoeffel: 13%-7%

9/30/09 PA Hoeffel Commissioned Lake Research Partners Statewide:

Gov Primary Head To Head:
Hoeffel 15%
Onorato: 12%
Wagner: 12%
Doherty: 6%
Knox 5%

9/3/09 PA Franklin & Marshall Statewide:

Direction of state:
‘On The Wrong track”: 59%
“Headed in the Right Direction”: 33%

Better or worse off compared to year ago:
“Worse off”: 39%
Same: 9%

Job Rating: Excellent/Good/Only fair/Poor
Obama: 14%-33%-29%-24%
Specter: 8%-27%-35%-22%
Rendell: 6%-23%-35%-33%

Favorable/Unfavorable/Undecided/Don’t Know:
Obama: 55%-37%
Specter: 45%-41%
Casey: 41%-18%-17%-24%
Rendell: 32%-53%
Sestak: 13%-4%-10%-73%
Corbett: 23%-4%-16%-57%
Gerlach: 8%-5%-11%-76%
Toomey: 18%-10%-9%-63%

Specter re-election:
June: Deserves re-election: 34% Time for a change: 54%

US Senate Primary Head to Head:
Specter: 37%
Sestak: 11%

US Senate General Head to Head:
Specter: 37%
Toomey: 29%

Sestak: 22%
Toomey: 26%

PA Gov Primary Head to Head:
Corbett: 15%
Gerlach: 6%

Support or Oppose Health Care Proposals:
Support: 34%
Oppose: 51%

State Legislature’s job:
Excellent: 0%
Good: 18%
Only Fair: 58%
Poor: 20%

Quality of government in Pennsylvania:
Excellent: 1%
Good: 26%
Only Fair: 54%
Poor: 18%

Who’s most responsible for budget being late?:
Governor: 31%
State legislature: 53%

Who do you trust more?:
Governor: 36%
State legislature: 48%

8/14/09 PA DailyKos/Research 2000 Statewide:

US Senate General Head to Head:
Toomey 40% Specter 45%
Toomey 41% Sestak 42%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Specter: 52%-40%
Sestak: 37%-19%
Toomey: 37%-34%
Rendell: 48%-41%
Casey: 56%-29%
Obama: 55%-40%

8/13/09 PA DailyKos/Research 2000 Statewide:

US Senate Primary Head to Head:
Specter 48% Sestak 33%

8/13/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

US Senate General Head to Head:
Toomey 48% Specter 36%
Toomey 43% Sestak 35%

Job Approval/Disapproval:
Obama: 51%-47%
Rendell: 39%-50%

Rendell’s handling of state budget crisis:
Excellent: 4%
Good: 17%
Fair: 27%
Poor: 48%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Specter: 43%-54%
Toomey: 54%-26%
Sestak: 40%-36%

8/12/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

Obama & Democrats’ Health Care Plan:
Favor 42%
Oppose: 53%

Obama job approval rating (NOW):
Approve: 51%
Disapprove: 47%

Obama job approval rating (June):
Approve: 60%
Disapprove: 39%

8/12/09 PA Rasmussen Statewide:

US Senate Primary Head to Head:
Specter 47% Sestak 34%

Favorable/ Unfavorable:
Specter: 71%-25%
Sestak: 54%-23%

7/30/09 PA Wilson Research Strategies Gerlach-Commissioned Statewide:

US Gov Primary Head to Head:
Jim Gerlach 11%
Tom Corbett 39%
Pat Meehan 7%

US Gov Primary Head to Head in Philly media market:
Jim Gerlach 25%
Tom Corbett 20%
Pat Meehan 14%

US Gov Primary Head to Head Based Only on Biographies:
Jim Gerlach 53%
Tom Corbett 26%
Pat Meehan 13%

Best direction for Republican Party:
Stay true to fiscally conservative policies but embrace a ‘big-tent’ philosophy: 46%
Reject big tent philosophy, become more conservative (fiscally & socially): 43%

7/22/09 PA Quinnipiac Statewide:

US Senate General Head to Head:
Specter 45% Toomey 44%
Toomey 39% Sestak 35%
Specter 47% Luksik 40%
Sestak 39% Luksik 30%

US Senate Primary Head to Head:
Specter 55% Sestak 23%
Toomey 47% Luksik 6%

Specter deserves reelection:
Yes: 40%
No: 49%

Approval/Disapproval/Don’t know:
Obama: 56%-37%
Specter: 47%-46%
Casey 53%-25%-21%

Favorable/Unfavorable/Don’t Know:
Specter: 45%-44%
Toomey: 34%-10%-56%
Sestak: 23%-7%-69%
Luksik: 13%-5%-82%

Too liberal/too conservative/about right/don’t know:
Specter: 31%-8%-46%-16%
Toomey: 4%-10%-38%-48%