Lynn Swann Tied with Rendell in Poll. A recent poll of Pennsylvania voters shows Republican challenger Lynn Swann tied with incumbent Governor Ed Rendell. Details are here:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/14/225831.shtml?s=et
Strategic Vision, LLC, an Atlanta-headquartered public relations and public affairs agency announced the results of a three-day poll of 1,200 likely voters in Pennsylvania on various political issues. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
In a match-up between Governor Rendell and Republican Lynn Swann, the results were Rendell 44 percent; Swann 44 percent; and 2 percent went to "other candidate," with 10 percent undecided.
Elsewhere in this article, it mentions that Rendell's approval rating among PA voters is 43 percent, though it should be pointed out that 23 percent were undecided. A lot can happen between now and November, but if Rendell does fail to get reelected, he will be the first incumbent PA governor to meet that fate in decades.
The PA poll numbers aren't good for President Bush, either. His approval rating among PA voters is 35% according to this poll, a number that seems to mirror the reported national consensus. On the face of it, this is not surprising, considering that PA is a blue state. But David E. Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Strategic Vision, LLC, says that Bush has lost ground among conservatives in the state. Johnson says:
"The President’s poll numbers have gone down since January in Pennsylvania. Part of this loss can be attributed to the spate of bad stories that the administration has received from the Cheney hunting incident to the aborted ports deal. More alarming for the administration must be the loss of conservative Republican support...President Bush, up until last year, retained strong Republican support and was viewed as the ideological heir to Ronald Reagan. Since last summer, that support has steadily eroded ... Indeed many Republicans appear to be looking beyond the Bush administration and do not identify themselves as Bush Republicans but rather as Reagan Republicans."
If PA conservatives are indeed down on Bush, it is hopefully not because their thoughts are being influenced by the liberal media. Surely, conservatives in every state ought to be aware of the mainstream media's anti-Bush bias.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/14/225831.shtml?s=et
Strategic Vision, LLC, an Atlanta-headquartered public relations and public affairs agency announced the results of a three-day poll of 1,200 likely voters in Pennsylvania on various political issues. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
In a match-up between Governor Rendell and Republican Lynn Swann, the results were Rendell 44 percent; Swann 44 percent; and 2 percent went to "other candidate," with 10 percent undecided.
Elsewhere in this article, it mentions that Rendell's approval rating among PA voters is 43 percent, though it should be pointed out that 23 percent were undecided. A lot can happen between now and November, but if Rendell does fail to get reelected, he will be the first incumbent PA governor to meet that fate in decades.
The PA poll numbers aren't good for President Bush, either. His approval rating among PA voters is 35% according to this poll, a number that seems to mirror the reported national consensus. On the face of it, this is not surprising, considering that PA is a blue state. But David E. Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Strategic Vision, LLC, says that Bush has lost ground among conservatives in the state. Johnson says:
"The President’s poll numbers have gone down since January in Pennsylvania. Part of this loss can be attributed to the spate of bad stories that the administration has received from the Cheney hunting incident to the aborted ports deal. More alarming for the administration must be the loss of conservative Republican support...President Bush, up until last year, retained strong Republican support and was viewed as the ideological heir to Ronald Reagan. Since last summer, that support has steadily eroded ... Indeed many Republicans appear to be looking beyond the Bush administration and do not identify themselves as Bush Republicans but rather as Reagan Republicans."
If PA conservatives are indeed down on Bush, it is hopefully not because their thoughts are being influenced by the liberal media. Surely, conservatives in every state ought to be aware of the mainstream media's anti-Bush bias.
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