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Poll: Lynn Swann Tied in Pa. Race
The latest poll of Pennsylvania voters shows that Republican Lynn Swann is tied with incumbent Democatic Gov. Ed Rendell. Strategic Vision, LLC, an Atlanta-headquartered public relations and public affairs agency announced the results of a three-day poll of 1,200 likely voters in Pennsylvania on various political issues. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
In a match-up between Governor Rendell and Republican Lynn Swann, the results were Rendell 44 percent; Swann 44 percent; and 2 percent went to "other candidate," with 10 percent undecided.
When asked if they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Ed Rendell, 43 percent said favorable; 34 percent said unfavorable and 23 percent were undecided. When asked if they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Lynn Swann, 51 percent said favorable; 26 percent said unfavorable and 23 percent were undecided. Respondents provided their thoughts on President Bush. The results showed that 35 percent approved of President Bush’s overall job performance, with 58 percent disapproving and 7 percent undecided.
When asked if they approved of the president’s handling of the economy, 34 percent approved; 59 percent disapproved and 7 percent were undecided.
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On the issue of Iraq, the poll found 39 percent approved of the president’s handling of the war with 50 percent disapproving; 11 percent were undecided. When asked about the president’s handling of the war on terrorism, 46 percent approved; 42 percent disapproved and 12 percent were undecided.
"The President’s poll numbers have gone down since January in Pennsylvania," said David E. Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Strategic Vision, LLC. "Part of this loss, can be attributed to the spate of bad stories that the administration has received from the Cheney hunting incident to aborted ports deal. More alarming for the administration must be the loss of conservative Republican support."
When Republican respondents were asked if they saw President Bush as a conservative in the mode of Ronald Reagan, 34 percent said yes; 52 percent said no and 14 percent were undecided.
"President Bush, up until last year, retained strong Republican support and was viewed as the ideological heir to Ronald Reagan," said Johnson. "Since last summer, that support has steadily eroded ... Indeed many Republicans appear to be looking beyond the Bush administration and do not identify themselves as Bush Republicans but rather as Reagan Republicans."
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