If it's in the News, it's in our Polls. Public opinion polling since 2003.

Toplines - Pennsylvania Governor - April 15, 2010

See Article
See Crosstabs
Daily Snapshot

Pennsylvania State Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted April 15, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

31% Strongly approve

17% Somewhat approve

11% Somewhat disapprove

41% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Ed Rendell is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

16% Excellent

31% Good

21% Fair

31% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2010 Pennsylvania Election for Governor

April 15, 2010

March 16, 2010

February 10, 2010

Tom Corbett (R)

48%

46%

49%

Jack Wagner (D)

27%

33%

28%

Some other candidate

11%

6%

5%

Not sure

14%

16%

17%

April 15, 2010

March 16, 2010

February 10, 2010

Tom Corbett (R)

49%

49%

51%

Joe Hoeffel (D)

29%

28%

29%

Some other candidate

11%

5%

5%

Not sure

11%

18%

15%

April 15, 2010

March 16, 2010

February 10, 2010

Tom Corbett (R)

45%

46%

52%

Dan Onorato (D)

36%

29%

26%

Some other candidate

8%

7%

5%

Not sure

11%

17%

17%

4* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Corbett

Wagner

Onorato

Hoeffel

Very Favorable

19%

5%

16%

7%

Somewhat Favorable

37%

27%

25%

26%

Somewhat Unfavorable

15%

25%

17%

24%

Very Unfavorable

14%

11%

15%

13%

Not Sure

15%

32%

27%

30%

5* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

28% Yes
53% No
19% Not sure

6* As a nation, is America overtaxed?

70% Yes
21% No
8% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence