F&M: Corbett 34%, Wolf 54%

Franklin & Marshall College Poll

The 24th year of consecutive polling in Pennsylvania

Below are the highlights of the September 2014, Franklin & Marshall College Poll of Pennsylvania voters. Complete results can be found at http://politics.fandm.edu.

• A majority (60%) of Pennsylvania voters believe the state is "off on the wrong track."

• In the governor’s race, Democratic candidate Tom Wolf holds a 20 percentage point lead over Republican Tom Corbett among likely voters, 54% to 34%, with 12% indicating they "don’t know." Among registered voters Wolf’s margin is similar, 49% to 31%, with 19% undecided (see Table 1 in the full report).

• More than four in five (84%) registered voters have seen a commercial for a gubernatorial candidate. Of those who have seen a commercial, 90 percent have seen a commercial for both candidates. Only ten percent of voters who have seen a commercial indicate they have changed their mind about which candidate to support.

• Regardless of how a voter planned to vote, 58% believe Tom Wolf will win the election, while only 19 percent believe Tom Corbett will win.

• Education (26%) and the economy (14%) are the issues voters say are most important to them in considering who to support for governor.

• Slightly more than one in four (28%) registered voters believe Governor Tom Corbett is doing an "excellent" or "good" job, which is similar (24%) to the ratings he received in the August 2014, Franklin & Marshall College Poll. Half (50%) of Republicans rate his performance as "excellent" or "good" which is an improvement since August.

• Three in ten registered voters (30%) believe Governor Corbett has performed sufficiently well to deserve re-election.

• About one in three (31%) registered Pennsylvania voters believe Barack Obama is doing an "excellent" or "good" job as president which is similar to his August rating.
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This survey reflects interviews with 520 Pennsylvania registered voters conducted by the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College from September 15-22, 2014 (sample error of +/- 4.3 percentage points).

The Franklin & Marshall College Poll is produced in conjunction with the Philadelphia Daily News, WGAL-TV (South Central PA), Pittsburgh Tribune Review, WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh), WPVI-TV6/ABC (Philadelphia), Times-Shamrock Newspapers, Harrisburg Patriot-News/Penn Live, Lancaster Newspapers and the Reading Eagle. It may be used in whole or in part, provided any use is attributed to Franklin & Marshall College.

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