Joe Sestak does not like to talk about polls. I don't blame him.
There are new numbers out in the seemingly never-ending polls that accompany every political season.
And they bring more in the never-ending bad news raining down on the Sestak campaign.
The latest Quinnipiac poll shows the upstart 7th District congressman still trailing badly in his bid to snag the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination away from newly minted Dem Sen. Arlen Specter.
The numbers say it’s still a lopsided race, with Specter holding a 53-23 percent margin.
If Sestak is looking for good news, maybe he can hang his hat on the fact that voters might be holding their nose when they vote for Specter.
They’re not thrilled about Specter, in fact 52 percent don’t believe he deserves another term. To just 38 percent in his favor.
And then there is this: Among Democrats who are familiar with both Specter and Sestak, the congressman has a 54-37 percent lead.
Which tells my this isn’t over yet, not by a long shot. Sestak’s challenge is name recognition, and he likely can solve that with a huge dose of TV advertising.
It’s still an uphill battle against one of the state’s most well-known politicians.
The real news from Quinnipiac comes in what would be a general election race vs. likely GOP nominee Pat Toomey. Specter, who has been trailing the Republican in the last couple of polls, is now surging ahead, 49-42 percent.
There are new numbers out in the seemingly never-ending polls that accompany every political season.
And they bring more in the never-ending bad news raining down on the Sestak campaign.
The latest Quinnipiac poll shows the upstart 7th District congressman still trailing badly in his bid to snag the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination away from newly minted Dem Sen. Arlen Specter.
The numbers say it’s still a lopsided race, with Specter holding a 53-23 percent margin.
If Sestak is looking for good news, maybe he can hang his hat on the fact that voters might be holding their nose when they vote for Specter.
They’re not thrilled about Specter, in fact 52 percent don’t believe he deserves another term. To just 38 percent in his favor.
And then there is this: Among Democrats who are familiar with both Specter and Sestak, the congressman has a 54-37 percent lead.
Which tells my this isn’t over yet, not by a long shot. Sestak’s challenge is name recognition, and he likely can solve that with a huge dose of TV advertising.
It’s still an uphill battle against one of the state’s most well-known politicians.
The real news from Quinnipiac comes in what would be a general election race vs. likely GOP nominee Pat Toomey. Specter, who has been trailing the Republican in the last couple of polls, is now surging ahead, 49-42 percent.
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