Poll Watch: Pulse/Rasmussen/Fox News Pennsylvania Political Survey

Pulse/Rasmussen/Fox News Pennsylvania Political Survey

Senatorial Election

• Pat Toomey (R) 48% (47%)
• Joe Sestak (D) 40% (41%)
• Other 4% (4%)
• Not sure 8% (7%)

Gubernatorial Election

• Tom Corbett (R) 49% (50%)
• Dan Onorato (D) 39% (40%)
• Other 3% (5%)
• Not sure 9% (5%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 37% (40%)
• Disapprove 54% (53%)

Would you say your feelings about President Obama are based mainly on his policies and programs, mainly on the way he has governed or mainly on the condition of the economy?

• Mainly on his policies and programs 61%
• Mainly on the way he has governed 22%
• Mainly on the condition of the economy 14%

Have the policies of the Obama administration helped or hurt Pennsylvania's economy, or have they not made much of a difference either way?

• Helped 24% (21%)
• Hurt 41% (41%)
• No difference 29% (32%)

All in all, would you rather have bigger government that provides more services or smaller government that provides fewer services?

• Bigger government that provides more services 31%
• Smaller government that provides fewer services 58%

Thinking about the health care law that was passed earlier this year, would you favor repealing the new law to keep it from going into effect, or would you oppose repealing the new law?

• Favor repealing the health care law 53% (56%)
• Oppose repealing the health care law 38% (37%)

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

• Strongly support 25%
• Somewhat support 20%
• Somewhat oppose 7%
• Strongly oppose 28%

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted September 18, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted September 11, 2010 are in parentheses.