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%

10/14/09 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%

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%

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%

7/21/09 PA Quinnipiac Statewide:

US Gov Race Primary Head to Head:
Onorato 16% Wagner 16% Knox 13%
Corbett 38% Gerlach 15% Meehan 9%

Favorable/Unfavorable:
Onorato: 16%-6%
Wagner: 18%-4%
Knox: 10%-4%
Corbett: 38%-6%
Gerlach: 16%-6%
Meehan: 12%-3%

Approve/Disapprove of job handling:
Rendell: 39%-53%
State Legislature: 27%-57%
Corbett: 55%-8%

Blame for failure to pass budget:
Rendell: 30%
Reps in Legislature: 17%
Dems in Legislature: 11%

Raise taxes or cut services to balance budget:
Raise taxes: 35%
Cut services: 55%

Rendell’s personal income tax hike 3.07% to 3.57%:
Support: 33%
Oppose: 63%

6/15/09 PA Knox Commissioned Statewide:

Gov Primary Head To Head:
Onorato: 14%
Knox: 14%
Wagner: 13%
Cunningham: 7%
Undecided: 52%

Knox vs Onorato:
Onorato 22%
Knox 21%
Undecided: 57%

6/1/09 PA Susquehanna Statewide:

Pennsylvania’s direction:
Right direction 37%
Wrong track 47%

Dem Primary Voters on Specter:
Specter should be nominee: 28%
Specter should face challenge: 63%

Gov General Head To Head:
Corbett: 34%
Onorato: 29%
Undecided: 32%

Pittsburgh media market breakdown:
Corbett: 29%
Onorato: 51%

US Senate General Head To Head:
Specter: 46%
Toomey: 37%

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)