Governor 2010

Iowa
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). Tested: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

General Election Matchups

-                 Now 2/18 9/22
T. Branstad       52% 53%  54%         
C. Culver         36  37   34          
Other              6   6    8          
Undec              6   4    4 

C. Culver         40%
R. Roberts        38
Other             10
Undec             13

-                 Now 2/18 9/22
B. Vander Plaats  42% 46%  43%
C. Culver         40  40   39
Other              8   7    9
Undec             11   7    9

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-                 Now     2/18    9/22
T. Branstad       61%/33% 57%/38% 64%/29%
B. Vander Plaats  43 /31  43 /34  45 /30
C. Culver         39 /55  42 /55  43 /50
R. Roberts        30 /28   n/a     n/a

Ohio
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/20-21; surveyed 630 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 3/23). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
J. Kasich      42% 10% 73% 47% 47% 37%
T. Strickland  37  70  10  24  36  39
Undec          21  10  17  29  18  24

Strickland As Gov.

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Approve        33% 53% 14% 28% 35% 31%
Disapprove     47  23  69  54  50  44

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-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind
J. Kasich      25%/24% 14%/30% 37%/17% 28%/25%

Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia Daily News/WGAL-TV/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/WTAE-TV/WPVI-TV/Times-Shamrock Newspapers poll; conducted 3/15-21 by Franklin & Marshall College; surveyed 1,119 adults; margin of error +/- 2.9%. Subsamples of 483 Dem RVs and 353 GOP RVs; margins of error +/- 4.5% and 5.2%, respectively (release, 3/24). Tested: '04 SEN nominee/Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel, Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato (D), Aud. Jack Wagner (D), state Sen. Anthony Williams (D), AG Tom Corbett (R) and state Rep. Sam Rohrer (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

-            Now 2/21 1/24 10/25
D. Onorato   11%  6%  10%  10%
J. Wagner     7   6    4    9
J. Hoeffel    5   6    4    6
A. Williams   4   1   n/a  n/a
Other         2   9   10    9
Undec        71  72   72   66

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-            Now 2/21 1/24
T. Corbett   28% 26%  23%
S. Rohrer     4   4    5
Other         2   5    3
Undec        66  65   69

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-            Now     2/21
T. Corbett   22%/ 7% 21%/ 6%

Vermont
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/18; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). Tested: State Sen. Susan Bartlett (D), Google community affairs mgr./'06 LG nominee/ex-state Sen. Matt Dunne (D), Sec/State Deb Markowitz (D), '02 nominee/state Sen./ex-LG Doug Racine (D), '02 LG nominee/state Senate Pres. Pro Tem Peter Shumlin (D) and LG Brian Dubie (R).

B. Dubie      52%
S. Bartlett   26
Other          7
Undec         14

B. Dubie      51%
M. Dunne      29
Other          6
Undec         14

B. Dubie      46%
D. Markowitz  39
Other          4
Undec         10

B. Dubie      48%
D. Racine     35
Other          5
Undec         12

B. Dubie      51%
P. Shumlin    33
Other          6
Undec         10

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B. Dubie      61%/29%
D. Markowitz  53 /33
D. Racine     45 /33
P. Shumlin    37 /45
S. Bartlett   29 /42
M. Dunne      29 /42