Question: If the 2006 election for Senator was being held today and the race was between Republican Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr, who would you vote for?

Santorum 35%
Casey 47%
Neither/other (VOL) 3%
Not sure (VOL) 14%

Question part 2 At this point would you say you are leaning more to voting for Rick Santorum or Bob Casey for the Senate Seat from Pennsylvania? (n = 93)

Santorum 11%
Casey 7%
Neither/other (don't read) 4%
Not sure (don't read) 78%


COMBINED RESULTS OF QUESTIONS 12 and 13 – Leaners Added

Santorum 37%
Casey 49%
Neither/Other 3%
Not sure 11%

Question If the 2006 election for Senator was being held today and the race was between Republican Rick Santorum and Democrat Chuck Pennachio, who would you vote for?

Santorum 42%
Pennachio 24%
Neither/other (VOL) 6%
Not Sure (VOL) 27%

Question If the 2006 election for Senator was being held today and the race was between Republican Rick Santorum and Democrat Alan Sandals, who would you vote for?

Santorum 42%
Sandals 24%
Neither/other (VOL) 5%
Not sure (VOL) 28%

Question If the 2006 election for Senator was being held today and the race was between Republican John Featherman and Democrat Bob Casey Jr, who would you vote for?

Featherman 15%
Casey 51%
Neither/other (VOL) 6%
Not sure (VOL) 27%

Poll Demographics
Which of the following best describes your current voting status. Are you registered as a(READ LIST):

Dem: 45%
Rep: 41%
Ind: 9%
Other: 2%
Not Sure: 2%

About this Poll
The following key findings report summarizes data collected in a telephone survey of 668 voters in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania between February 25 and March 2, 2006. Individual households throughout the state were selected randomly for inclusion in the study. The sample of phone numbers used in the survey was generated by Genesys Sampling Systems of Ft. Washington, PA. Interviewing was conducted by the staff of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion and PMI of Easton Pennsylvania. This number of completions results in a margin of error of +/- 3.8% at the 95% confidence interval. However the margin of errors for sub groups (i.e. women, Republicans) is larger due to smaller sample size. Percentages throughout the survey have been rounded to the nearest percentage, thus many totals in the results will not equal 100. The data has been weighted to account for an over sampling of women voters. The survey questionnaire was designed by Christopher Borick, Ph.D. of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion in consultation with staff members of the Morning Call. Analysis and report writing were completed by the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion under the direction of Dr. Borick.