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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Poll: PA Dems want challenge to Specter

 

By a margin of nearly 2 to 1, Pennsylvania Democrats say that new convert Sen. Arlen Specter should be challenged in next year's primary, according to a new survey by Susquehanna Polling & Research. They want choice.

Sixty-three percent of those surveyed said Specter should face a challenge, 28 percent believed that the five-term incumbent should be the Democratic nominee, and 9 percent were undecided in the poll, which was conducted May 26 to 30. Margin of error for the interviews with 364 Democrats is 5 percentage points.

It could be a reflection of the natural inclination in American consumer-political society to favor choice, or it could reflect annoyance with Democratic leaders in Washington who embraced the former Republican senator and declared he should be renominated. Time will tell. Other polls with head-to-head matchups between Specter and potential challengers, however, have showed Democratic voters favoring Specter by wide margins.

Here is a release with the poll results, plus some other interesting numerical catnip for politics fans.

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Posted by Thomas Fitzgerald @ 12:52 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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Posted 01:46 PM, 06/02/2009
MikeP
Or it could reflect the fact that people don't believe Spector is the candidate that will best represent their interests. I would think most Democrats would prefer Spector over any of the Republican candidates/potential challengers that are out there. They are all to the right of Spector. And Spector is to the right of the average Pennsylvania voter. We need a Senator who is more to the left so we have someone who truely represents us. Toomey will be the Republican so whoever the Dems nominate will win. The days when candidates that are completely out of sync with the general public are over. No chance Toomey will win a general election. Republicans are toast. The conservative Christians decide who the Republican nominee will be but there's no chance these candidates will ever win a general election. Too far from the mainstream. The state and country are far to the left of the Republican Party today.
Posted 06:20 PM, 06/02/2009
MikeP
Maybe Democrats believe that another candidate would represent their interests. Since we have a Democratic administration and Spector is getting up in age, he probably won't be in offcie too much longer. That being the situation, his seniority would be helpful to Democrats.
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