Senate-Pennsylvania (2010)

Senate (2010)
A Philadelphia Daily News/WGAL-TV/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/WTAE-TV/WPVI-TV/Times-Shamrock Newspapers poll; conducted 8/25-31 by Franklin & Marshall College; surveyed 643 adults; margin of error +/- 3.9%. Subsample of 269 Dem RVs; margin of error +/- 6.0% (release, 9/3). Tested: Sen. Arlen Specter (D), Rep. Joe Sestak (D-07) and '04 candidate/ex-Club for Growth pres./ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-           Now 6/21
A. Specter  37% 33%
J. Sestak   11  13
Other        6   6
Undec       46  48

General Election Matchups
-           Now 4/27 3/22
A. Specter  37% 29%  33%            P. Toomey   26%
P. Toomey   29  26   18             J. Sestak   22
Other        9   9    7             Other        6
Undec       25  36   42             Undec       46

Reelect Specter In '10?
-                   Now 6/21 3/22 10/97
Deserves reelection 34% 28%  40%  49%
Time for a change   54  57   46   40
Undec               12  15   14   11

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     6/21    3/22    2/22    6/07    10/04
B. Casey    41%/18% 32%/17% 34%/16% 30%/17% 29%/22%   na
A. Specter  35 /42  31 /37  48 /24  42 /29  42 /33  45%/28%
P. Toomey   18 /10    na      na      na      na      na
J. Sestak   13 / 4    na      na      na      na      na

Specter As Sen.
-              Now 6/21 3/22 2/22 8/07 2/04 11/03 4/03 9/98
Excellent/good 35% 34%  52%  43%  51%  39%  42%   47%  54%
Only fair/poor 57  55   37   49   45   42   48    41   40