Wolf's Lead is Widening (from a RW paper yet!) [View all]

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Poll Shows Wolf's Lead over Corbett Widening

By Melissa Daniels
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014

A summer of campaigning and advertising did little to revive Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's moribund popularity among Pennsylvania voters, the latest figures show.

The results of a poll on Thursday from the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin and Marshall College say Democrat Tom Wolf leads Corbett 49 percent to 24 percent — compared with 47 percent to 25 percent in June.

Analysts say they've seen few incumbents trail by that much.

“He has the most daunting task of any governor seeking re-election I know of,” said G. Terry Madonna, director of the poll and the college's Center for Politics and Public Affairs. “For the better part of his term, he had the lowest job performance for any incumbent governor seeking re-election in modern history.

Read more: http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/6675729-74/corbett-voters-election#ixzz3BhOz7DEF