Comments on: Corbett would top Onorato or Wagner in general election, poll says

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:42:24 +0000

Auditor Jack Wagner wanted Governor Spendell in Federal prison but Corbett refused to file the charges. If Corbett wins then I know for sure Americans are stupid. How come not one of these men running for governor ever mentioned anything about how to stop the abuse in these Pennsylvania Concentration Camps they call prison? Google 2007 Smithfield suicides and abuse in Pennsylvania Prisons.

By: steelersfan

steelersfan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:35:29 +0000

You guys can argue about the skew, I want to point out that Jack Wagner is the stronger candidate against Corbett in every region of the state including Allegheny, the West, Central Pa., Phila. and the SE.

On the skew front, by the way, what’s up with union households? They are heavily tilted GOP in this poll. Does not make much sense since the unions are so anti-GOP and have voted that way in every recent election cycle.

By: Dan Hirschhorn

Dan Hirschhorn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:18:30 +0000

FYI, me and GOPHAWK had a brief dialogue about this issue over at the earlier post on this poll.

Check it out:

http://www.pa2010.com/2009/09/corbett-leads-gerlach-big-in-poll-name-recognition-key/

And let’s keep the conversation going.

Thanks everyone.

Dan Hirschhorn

By: Q poll: Corbett, Onorato in lead - Early Returns - post-gazette.com

Q poll: Corbett, Onorato in lead - Early Returns - post-gazette.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:07:35 +0000

[...] Dan Hirshhorn at Pa2010 looks Pittsburgh matchups and mentions that the numbers are slightly skewed in favor of Republicans: [...]

By: GOPHAWK

GOPHAWK — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:06:48 +0000

I agree with Jon. That is not a slight skew. It is a huge skew. They are setting us up. Corbett is a proven vote getter in the real world but the only region where he pulled more votes than Wagner last year was Central Pa.

Even though there is a set-up to trap the GOP, there is a heartening trend of some importance.

I do believe that our prosecutor looks good because Rendell is just imploding the D brand. Take a look at the Gov’s numbers outside the Philly market. They are awful – God awful. It is not so much that GOP is a great brand to carry around, it is that Ed is making Ds pariahs. His own cult of personality masks some of the damage in the SE but just look at how well our prosecutor does when he faces a generic D in that region. Ed has killed the brand there, too.

Ed was teflon for a long time. Now, he is making all the wrong moves and that is tanking his party.

By: Jon Geeting

Jon Geeting — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:52:14 +0000

Where do they get off equalizing their Dem/Rep sampling? 1.2 million voters is a big difference. PA is increasingly not the swing state it used to be.