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Corbett leads guv primary, but vast majority undecided

Attorney General Tom Corbett holds a comfortable edge in the Republican primary for governor, but most voters are still undecided less than four months before primary day, according to a new poll.

The Franklin & Marshall College survey released Wednesday showed Corbett—widely considered the party’s presumptive nominee—garnering 23 percent of the vote, compared to only 5 percent for state Representative Sam Rohrer (R-Berks). Almost 70 percent of voters are undecided in the race.

The depth of Corbett’s support appears to be smaller than previous polls had indicated, before Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) dropped out of the race to seek reelection. Corbett has the bulk of the GOP’s support and the free publicity afforded by his well-known “Bonusgate” investigation, but enough voters remain undecided to create an opening for Rohrer if he can find a way to exploit it, something that will be exceedingly difficult if he is as under-funded as party insiders expect.

The poll of 416 registered Republicans had a margin of error of 4.8 percent. The poll did not survey potential general election matchups.

Click here to download the full poll.

January 27, 2010 at 9:16 am

--Dan Hirschhorn

Tags: Sam Rohrer, Tom Corbett

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