Question: If the 2010 election for U.S. SENATOR were being held today and the candidates included (rotated) Arlen Specter, the Democrat, and Pat Toomey, the Republican, would you vote for Arlen Specter, Pat Toomey, some other candidate, or aren't you sure how you would vote? (964 registered respondents)
Arlen Specter Pat Toomey Other Don’t know
Mar 2010 29% 33% 6% 32%
Feb 2010 33% 29% 9% 29%
Jan 2010 30% 30% 5% 35%
Oct 2009 33% 31% 6% 30%
Aug 2009 37% 29% 9% 25%
Mar 2009 33% 18% 7% 42%

QuestionIf the 2010 election for U.S. SENATOR were being held today and the candidates included (rotated) Joe Sestak, the Democrat, and Pat Toomey, the Republican, would you vote for Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey, some other candidate, or aren't you sure how you would vote? (964 registered respondents)
Pat Toomey Joe Sestak Other Don’t know
Mar 2010 27% 19% 5% 49%
Feb 2010 25% 22% 6% 47%
Jan 2010 28% 16% 5% 51%
Oct 2009 28% 20% 4% 48%
Aug 2009 26% 22% 6% 46%

About this Poll
The survey findings presented in this release are based on the results of interviews conducted March 15-21, 2010. The interviews were conducted at the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College under the direction of the poll’s Director Dr. G. Terry Madonna, Head Methodologist Berwood Yost, and Project Manager Jennifer Harding. The data included in this release represent the responses of 1119 adult residents of Pennsylvania, including 964 registered adults (483 Democrats, 353 Republicans, 102 registered as Independent/Other, and 26 who refused to identify party). Telephone numbers for the survey were generated using random digit dialing, and respondents were randomly selected from within each household. Survey results were weighted (age, education, race, region, and gender) using an iterative weighting algorithm. The sample error for this survey is +/- 2.9 percentage points. The sample error for registered adults is +/- 3.2 percentage points and is slightly higher for registered Democrats (+/- 4.5 percentage points) and registered Republicans (+/- 5.2 percentage points).