New Poll Shows Corbett With Big Lead

A recent Franklin and Marshall poll shows Tom Corbett with a much bigger lead over rival Dan Onorato than in previous surveys.

The poll, which surveyed 720 adult residents of Pennsylvania, including 631 registered adults (271 Democrats, 256 Republicans, 79 registered Independent/Other, and 25 who refused to identify with a party), shows Corbett with a 12-point lead among registered adults (42% to 30% with 26% undecided) and a 15-point lead among likely voters (47% to 32% with 19% undecided).

According to the researchers,

The large proportion of Pennsylvania registered adults who have not heard enough about the gubernatorial candidates to form an opinion of them continues to be unusually high for this point in the election cycle.

The full report can be viewed by clicking here.