READ FULL STORY HEREIs the race for Governor in Pennsylvania beginning to narrow?
Just a month ago Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett held a safe 49-33% lead. The latest figures from Rasmussen Reports show his Democratic opponent, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, closing to within ten-points. The new data indicates a lead of 49-39% for Corbett, his narrowest advantage to date.
Of course being ten-points up in a race with less than four-months remaining until the election still positions Corbett as the clear front runner. Eight-percent of Pennsylvania likely voters are still unsure of who they support with another 4% backing a different candidate for Governor.
Corbett leads among men, women and independents in the Keystone State and retains a solid 22-10% margin between those who view him very favorably and very unfavorably. Onorato is also seeing some improved numbers as of late with 21% of Pennsylvanians holding strongly positive opinions against 15% with largely negatives ones.
Past polling indicated an approval rating of sitting Democratic Governor Ed Rendell as mired in the low to mid-40 percentiles. It will be interesting to see if the soon to be outgoing Governor experiences a bounce in popularity following the signing of the state’s budget earlier this week however. President Obama meanwhile is similarly lagging at the moment to the tune of a 47% approval rating amongst voters in the Keystone State, similar to his overall national standing according to recent Rasmussen data.
Onorato easily outdistanced three other Democratic rivals in May to secure the party’s nomination for Governor. Corbett meanwhile defeated Republican Sam Rohrer by a crushing margin of 69-31%.
Just a month ago Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett held a safe 49-33% lead. The latest figures from Rasmussen Reports show his Democratic opponent, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, closing to within ten-points. The new data indicates a lead of 49-39% for Corbett, his narrowest advantage to date.
Of course being ten-points up in a race with less than four-months remaining until the election still positions Corbett as the clear front runner. Eight-percent of Pennsylvania likely voters are still unsure of who they support with another 4% backing a different candidate for Governor.
Corbett leads among men, women and independents in the Keystone State and retains a solid 22-10% margin between those who view him very favorably and very unfavorably. Onorato is also seeing some improved numbers as of late with 21% of Pennsylvanians holding strongly positive opinions against 15% with largely negatives ones.
Past polling indicated an approval rating of sitting Democratic Governor Ed Rendell as mired in the low to mid-40 percentiles. It will be interesting to see if the soon to be outgoing Governor experiences a bounce in popularity following the signing of the state’s budget earlier this week however. President Obama meanwhile is similarly lagging at the moment to the tune of a 47% approval rating amongst voters in the Keystone State, similar to his overall national standing according to recent Rasmussen data.
Onorato easily outdistanced three other Democratic rivals in May to secure the party’s nomination for Governor. Corbett meanwhile defeated Republican Sam Rohrer by a crushing margin of 69-31%.
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