Gov. Corbett's popularity plummets
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Gov. Corbett's popularity plummets
Gov. Corbett is getting poor reviews from a growing number of Pennsylvanians, driven by some of his more controversial positions on higher education cuts and a proposed mandate for ultrasounds before a woman can have an abortion, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.
The survey found that Pennsylvania voters give Gov. Tom Corbett a 41–to-41 percent job approval rating, down from a 47–to-34 percent approval rating in December of last year.
It is, according to the poll, Corbett’s worst approval rating since a 39–to-38 percent score in a June of last year, when he and Republicans who control the legislature were fighting over steep cuts in the state budget.
“After a honeymoon as one of the country’s more popular new Republican governors, Tom Corbett takes a big hit in his job approval,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
“A call for cuts in state funding to its universities may have hit a nerve with parents fearful tuitions could rise.”
A spokesman for Corbett could not immediately be reached for comment
Pennsylvania voters disapproved, 49-to-36 percent, of the way Corbett is handling the state budget and disapprove, 53-to-27 percent, of the way he is handling funding for the state’s public universities, the poll found.
Voters also overwhelmingly opposed (65-to-28 percent) cutting funding for public universities.
Those polled also were against, 48-to-42 percent, legislation requiring a woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound before the procedure. Under the proposal, the ultrasound screen would be visible to the woman, but she would be allowed to avert her eyes.
The measure has been extremely controversial in Harrisburg, since it could require women to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound.
Corbett has said he would support the measure only if it required an "external" ultrasound.
The poll found that men oppose the measure 51-to-39 percent, while women are divided 45-to-45 percent. Voters opposed transvaginal ultrasounds 64-to-23 percent, with men opposed 67–to-18 percent and women opposed 61-to-28 percent, according to the survey.
The poll was conducted between March 7 and March 12, surveyed 1,256 registered voters, and has a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points.
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The people demand spending cuts, then get mad when you cut the spending. People need to wake up and realize that in order to fix our situation, we need to spend less. These schools have to much fat, and it's time to trim the edges. If the goverment has to live within its means, then the schools should do the same. The schools can spend ALOT less without raising tuition, but the schools are greedy and no different than a corportation.— TakingAstand- totally not true. every other state taxes oil drilling. this loser refuses because that's who funded him. he's a gas man. he's a loser and a wimp who sees the middle class as useless. — tynol10
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- If I could just throw out, you may want to spend more on education. It's 'too much fat...' not 'to much fat.' It is simple grammar. — jonline
- the funny thing about the photo id bill. in pennsylvania, unlike the other states that are proposing it, the state will pay for the picture id for poor people. now both a drivers license and a non drivers license photo id both cost $36 for 4yrs....why is the state of pa going to pay for these id's for poor people, especially since the state is crying poor??? if we keep cutting education because there is no money in the state couffers where is the state getting the money for picture idsfor poor people????— shelmus226
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- The legit objectionw are:1. There's NO evidence of voter fraud that this giant government program (and all it's tax revenue cost) are supposed to "fix".2. The potential for abuse is huge. The ballot box is where we get rid of local officials who may be corrupt, but the law empowers exactly those people to invalidate our ballots. (HTML deleted) — WestChester
- Couldn't have said it better myself, WestChester! Bravo! — journalschism
- No voter fraud?- http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-sample-of-philly-voter-rolls-reveals-hundreds-of-ineligible-names-pjm-exclusive/
"The potential for abuse is huge." Huh? Valid IDs are going to be abused?— verve - Comment removed.
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- CleanupPhilly - with a howitzer:
I don't believe anyone would disagree with the statement that Free Elections are a corner stone of our Democracy.
Is it "made up stuff" to point out that photo IDs - whatever the excuse for their potential existence - are an impediment to free elections?
Is it fair for me to assume from reading your copious (to be polite) Comments that you are one of those Conservatives who holds The Constitution to be sacrosanct?
If so, where in the 12th Amendment does it mention Photo IDs?
