Poll Watch: PPP (D) Pennsylvania Senatorial Survey

PPP (D) Pennsylvania Senatorial Survey 

• Pat Toomey (R) 51% (45%) {45%} [41%] (42%)
• Joe Sestak (D) 46% (46%) {36%} [41%] (36%)
• Undecided 4% (9%) {20%} [18%] (22%)

Among Men

• Pat Toomey (R) 51% (50%) {50%} [45%] (48%)
• Joe Sestak (D) 46% (42%) {37%} [40%] (31%)
• Undecided 3% (8%) {14%} [16%] (20%)

Among Women

• Pat Toomey (R) 50% (41%) {40%} [38%] (37%)
• Joe Sestak (D) 46% (49%) {35%} [42%] (39%)
• Undecided 4% (10%) {25%} [20%] (24%) 

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Pat Toomey?

• Favorable 45% (41%) {36%} [30%] (20%)
• Unfavorable 40% (41%) {33%} [28%] (22%)

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Joe Sestak?

• Favorable 39% (43%) {28%} [29%] (16%)
• Unfavorable 43% (39%) {38%} [28%] (18%)

If the candidates for Senate this fall had been Democrat Arlen Specter and Republican Pat Toomey, who would you have voted for?

• Pat Toomey 49%
• Arlen Specter 40%
• Undecided 10%

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Arlen Specter’s job performance?

• Approve 29% (32%) {27%} [30%] (34%)
• Disapprove 60% (57%) {57%} [55%] (52%)

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Bob Casey's job performance?

• Approve 36%
• Disapprove 40%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 40% (43%) {40%} [43%] (46%)
• Disapprove 54% (51%) {55%} [50%] (50%)  

Survey of 772 likely voters was conducted October 30-31, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 46% (48%) {46%} [50%] (47%) Democrat; 44% (41%) {44%} [42%] (41%) Republican; 10% (11%) {9%} [8%] (12%) Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 43% (37%) {39%} [43%] (41%) Moderate; 39% (44%) {44%} [39%] (40%) Conservative; 18% (19%) {16%} [17%] (19%) Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted October 17-18, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 14-16, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 19-21, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 29 - April 1, 2010 are in parentheses.