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%

7/7/09 PA Franklin & Marshall Statewide (originally released in June):

Amend Constitution to allow gay marriage:
Favor: 42%
Oppose: 52%

Amend to define marriage as only between a man & a woman:
Favor: 48%
Oppose: 46%

Civil Unions:
Yes: 58%
No: 37%

NOTE: Separated these finding from the original June Franklin & Marshall results because of these additional breakdowns by region, date & age which Madonna & Yost later provided.

6/24/09 PA Franklin & Marshall Statewide:

Direction of state:
‘On The Wrong track” 48%
“Headed in the Right Direction” 44%

Better or worse off compared to year ago:
“Worse off” 43%
Same: 45%

Job Rating: Excellent/Good/Only fair/Poor
Obama: 20%-35%-25%-19%
Specter: 10%-24%-37%-18%
Rendell: 10%-28%-34%-25%

Specter Approval Rating (March vs. June):
March: 52% June: 34%

Favorable/Unfavorable/Undecided/Don’t Know:
Obama: 56%-27%
Specter: 31%-37%
Casey: 32%-17%-17%-34%
Rendell: 42%-40%

Specter re-election (March vs. June):
March: Deserves re-election: 40% Time for a change: 46%
June: Deserves re-election: 28% Time for a change: 57%

US Senate Primary Head to Head:
Specter: 33%
Sestak: 13%
Don’t Know: 48%

State Legislature’s job:
Excellent: 1%
Good: 26%
Only Fair: 49%
Poor: 18%

Quality of government in Pennsylvania:
Excellent: 3%
Good: 29%
Only Fair: 48%
Poor: 18%

How to deal with state budget deficit?:
Increase taxes: 29%
Cut state programs and services: 44%
Neither: 20%