Pennsylvania is truly a blue state. This is from Newsmax.com's Insider Report:
Poll: Santorum Still Trails
Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has fallen further behind his likely Democratic opponent in the race for his Senate seat next year, a new poll reveals.
In a match-up against Robert Casey Jr., the state treasurer, Santorum now trails 52 percent to 36 percent, with 12 percent undecided or choosing another candidate, according to the mid-October poll by Strategic Vision, LLC.
In July, a Quinnipiac University poll had put Casey ahead by a smaller margin, 50 percent to 39 percent.
Only 40 percent of those polled now say they approve of Santorum's job performance, down from 51 percent in July.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has said that defeating Santorum, a leading Senate conservative, is one of the party's top priorities.
Among Republican voters in Pennsylvania who were asked their choice to challenge Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, 38 percent said they preferred former Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann; 31 percent chose former Lieutenant Governor Bill Scranton, and 15 percent selected State Senator Jeff Piccola.
But in a head-to-head match-up, Rendell defeated Swann by a 46-to-41-percent margin.
Other findings of the poll of likely voters in Pennsylvania:
- 38 percent said they wanted to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade; 55 percent said no, and 7 percent were undecided.
-55 percent opposed an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, while 37 percent were in favor of a pullout.
-41 percent said they would like to see Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice run for president in 2008 and 29 percent said they would not; a large segment of those surveyed, 30 percent, were undecided.
-When Democrats were asked their choice for president in 2008, 42 percent chose Hillary Clinton. Others named include Al Gore, 12 percent; John Kerry, 11 percent; John Edwards, 5 percent.
-On the GOP side, the top choice for president in 2008 was former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was selected by 42 percent of those polled. John McCain was second at 28 percent, while no other potential candidate garnered more than 7 percent of the vote.
Poll: Santorum Still Trails
Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has fallen further behind his likely Democratic opponent in the race for his Senate seat next year, a new poll reveals.
In a match-up against Robert Casey Jr., the state treasurer, Santorum now trails 52 percent to 36 percent, with 12 percent undecided or choosing another candidate, according to the mid-October poll by Strategic Vision, LLC.
In July, a Quinnipiac University poll had put Casey ahead by a smaller margin, 50 percent to 39 percent.
Only 40 percent of those polled now say they approve of Santorum's job performance, down from 51 percent in July.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has said that defeating Santorum, a leading Senate conservative, is one of the party's top priorities.
Among Republican voters in Pennsylvania who were asked their choice to challenge Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, 38 percent said they preferred former Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann; 31 percent chose former Lieutenant Governor Bill Scranton, and 15 percent selected State Senator Jeff Piccola.
But in a head-to-head match-up, Rendell defeated Swann by a 46-to-41-percent margin.
Other findings of the poll of likely voters in Pennsylvania:
- 38 percent said they wanted to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade; 55 percent said no, and 7 percent were undecided.
-55 percent opposed an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, while 37 percent were in favor of a pullout.
-41 percent said they would like to see Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice run for president in 2008 and 29 percent said they would not; a large segment of those surveyed, 30 percent, were undecided.
-When Democrats were asked their choice for president in 2008, 42 percent chose Hillary Clinton. Others named include Al Gore, 12 percent; John Kerry, 11 percent; John Edwards, 5 percent.
-On the GOP side, the top choice for president in 2008 was former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was selected by 42 percent of those polled. John McCain was second at 28 percent, while no other potential candidate garnered more than 7 percent of the vote.
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