Pennsylvania Voter Poll Shows President Slipping, Senate Race Heating Up

[sabra]

http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4978757/detail.html

Pennsylvania Voter Poll Shows President Slipping, Senate Race Heating Up


The following is a poll of 1,200 likely voters in Pennsylvania over 18 years of age. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 points. It was conducted Sept. 10 to 12 by Strategic Vision LLC.

Presidential Issues

The results of the poll showed that 39% of those polled approved of President Bush’s overall job performance, with 51% disapproving and 10% undecided. When asked to rate the President’s handling of the economy, 40% approved; 50% disapproved; and 10% were undecided. On the issue of Iraq, the poll found 47% approved of the President’s handling; with 45% disapproving; and 8% undecided. On the issue of Hurricane Katrina, 35% approved of the President’s handling of the response to Hurricane Katrina; 55% disapproved; and 10% were undecided.

Pa. Senate Race

In the United States Senate race, which is expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation, the poll found that 45% approved of Sen. Rick Santorum’s job performance; 40% disapproved; and 15% were undecided. In a match-up against potential Democratic nominee Robert Casey, Jr., Santorum trails, 52% to 38%; 3% for another candidate with 7% undecided.

[deadparrot]

1. Way to go Pennsylvania.

Keep it up.

We in Missouri will try and unseat Talent. ;)

[Born Free]

12. State representatives helping

They voted themselves a big pay raise and a lot of people are angry and want to throw the bums out - I think it will affect everything. It helps the democrats because most of the incumbents are republican.

[fishwax]

2. great news

it sure would be great to see Santorum lose :evilgrin:

[fujiyama]

3. Great numbers regarding Santorum

Those are awful for an incumbent, but 45% actually approve of senator man on dog?

[RallyInDC]

10. maybe those numbers were provided by.....diebold.

[sonicx]

4. Heating Up? Santorum's not even out of the gate

He's been trailing by double digits for months. He's a goner.

[TomInTib]

5. beaten by the box turtle n/t

[petemanfra]

6. underestimating Santorum...

You guys are underestimating Santorum. You really can't go by a local poll.. it's like using Mapquest.. it'll just shoot you in the wrong direction.

[Erika]

7. Santorum is being laughed at nationally

Why not locally?

[tkmorris]

13. Umm, yeah. OK.

It doesn't matter what poll you use, local, statewide, registered voters, likely voters, people who farm Emus, whoever. Santorum trails by 12-24% in every poll you care to name.

[ShockediSay]

8. Just keep a list of Santorum's quotes handy -

The Massachusetts liberals made the priests do it; He read the Bible from cover to cover (which he later admitted was a lie); People should have been prosecuted for not evacuating NOLA

[gauguin57]

9. Trust me ... the race isn't till next year, and EVERYONE here in PA is

out for blood re: Santorum. That's what ALL Democrats talk about, non-stop -- we're all going to work to our last drop of sweat, our last bit of shoe-leather, to stop Santorum in his tracks.

Casey is dull as dirt, and he's pro-life (and, I think, anti-stem-cell research). But his name is the same as his late father's. And last names are important in getting legislators elected in this state.

And Casey's a Democrat. And he's been way ahead of Ricky-Dog-Sex-Boy in the polls ever since he hinted he'd challenge Sanctimonium.

But we also have to deal with Lynn Swann's challenge to Fast Eddie Rendell (who has been having a bumpy ride with his constituents in some areas).

[CANDO]

14. Rendell may find himself in trouble...

because he struck the pay raise deal with the Legislature. Everyone is also concerned with property taxes, so he has to come through with something on that because he made promises to do something about them. Act 72 was a huge flop. Now he is talking about making it mandatory. Don't know how that will go over.

[corporatemedia]

11. T-Ricky does not live in PA and will be sent back to his home in VA.....

Even corporate media doesn't like him.



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