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| Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey 49%, Specter 40% |
| 2010-03-18 |
| For the third month in a row, likely Republican nominee Pat Toomey holds a nine-point lead over incumbent Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Pennsylvania shows Toomey leading Specter 49% to 40%. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) more are undecided. In December, Toomey led Specter by four points. However, in January, the GOP hopeful stretched that lead to nine, 49% to 40%, and posted a similar 47% to 38% lead last month. Specter continues to maintain a solid lead over his Democratic Primary opponent, Congressman Joe Sestak. But Sestak runs more competitively with Toomey this month, trailing the Republican by just five points, 42% to 37%. Seven percent (7%) favor another candidate, while the number of undecideds rises to 15%. The fact that the numbers have moved so little suggests that the race is still largely a contest about Specter and his ties to the unpopular national health care plan and other initiatives by the Obama administration. Any incumbent who at this stage of the race is polling less than 50% is considered potentially vulnerable. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Nobody offered Toomey another job? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-03-18 12:39 |