(Quinnipiac) Poll: Rendell widens lead over Swann to 55-33

[Penndems]

5/12/2006, 5:30 a.m. ET
By PETER JACKSON
The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Ed Rendell has widened his lead over Republican challenger Lynn Swann to 22 percentage points, according to an independent poll released Friday.

A majority of Pennsylvania voters — even a majority of Republican voters — said they do not know enough about Swann, a former Pittsburgh Steelers star, to form an opinion about him four months after he declared his candidacy, the poll said.

The Democratic governor led Swann 55 percent to 33 percent in the May poll by Quinnipiac University — compared with 47-37 percent in a similar telephone survey conducted in April. Ten percent were undecided in May, compared with 12 percent in April.

"Swann's candidacy has yet to catch fire," said Clay Richards, assistant director of the Connecticut-based university's polling institute. "As long as 55 percent of Pennsylvania voters feel Gov. Rendell deserves re-election, he is going to be hard to beat."
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Link to Harrisburg Patriot-News: http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/politics-0/1147426748158820.xml&storylist=penn

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Rendell's ads have been very well done

:woohoo:
Whatever ad firm Rendell is using he should let the rest of the Dems know about it...I think they have been VERY effective.

[blue neen]

2. Agreed.

Nice, positive ads.