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%

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%

6/9/09 PA Susquehanna Statewide:

Card Check Legislation:
Support 29% (Strongly 15%)
Oppose 55% (Strongly 40%)

Among Democrats:
Support 44%
Oppose 37%

Specter’s publicly-stated rationale opposing:
Agree: 45%
Disagree: 34%

4/11/09 PA Lincoln Institue Businesses Leaders:

Company Sales in last 6 months:
Increased 13.3%
Same 24.3%
Decreased 61.5%

Positives/Negatives of official:
Barack Obama: 26.4%-63.4%
Arlen Specter: 24.4%-60.0%
Robert P. Casey: 13.8%-54.2%
Ed Rendell: 13.8%-75.1%
Attorney General Tom Corbett: 37.9%-12.9%
Auditor General Jack Wagner: 13.8%-13.3%

Positives/Negatives of govt:
US Senate: 9.7%-80.1%
US House: 6.6%-82.7%
PA Senate: 17.7%-57.1%
PA House: 12.0%-62.7%

Favor or oppose ‘Card Check’:
Favor: 3.2%
Oppose: 89.5% (80.8% Strongly)

Position on Auto Bailout:
Favor: 11.4%
Oppose: 86.3% (58% strongly)

Raise taxes or cut spending to close state budget deficit?
Raise Taxes 0.5%
Cut Spending 81.7%
Combination of two 16.1%

Gov Primary Head to Head (R):
Tom Corbett 72.2%
Pat Meehan 10.2%
Jim Gerlach 17.6%

US Senate Primary Head to Head (R):
Arlen Specter 15.3%
Pat Toomey 63.7%
Peg Luksik 4.5%

(Lincoln Institute Analysis on this survey)