April 27 Quinnipiac Poll.

Peter Brown, Assistant Director,
Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

(203) 535-6203
Rubenstein Associates, Inc.

Public Relations
Contact: Pat Smith (212) 843-8026
FOR RELEASE: APRIL 27, 2011

BIG JUMP IN DISAPPROVAL FOR PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR,
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL FINDS;
GOV’S BUDGET UNFAIR, VOTERS - ESPECIALLY WOMEN - SAY
While 39 percent of Pennsylvania voters approve of the job Gov. Tom Corbett is doing, 37
percent disapprove, a statistical tie, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
This is a big jump in his negative ratings from a 39 – 11 percent job approval rating in a
February 16 survey.
Pennsylvania voters say 50 – 39 percent that Gov. Corbett’s budget-cutting proposals are
unfair to people like them, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University survey
finds. There is a large gender gap as men say the cuts are fair 45 – 43 percent, a tie, while
women say unfair 55 – 34 percent. Republicans say 59 – 27 percent the cuts are fair, but
Democrats say unfair 69 – 22 percent and independent voters say unfair 47 – 41 percent.
Still, voters say 55 – 39 percent that balancing the state budget should be done by
spending cuts only and not by a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts.
Although 97 percent say Pennsylvania’s budget problems are “very serious” or
“somewhat serious,” and a majority want only cuts to meet the budget gap, 35 percent say
Corbett’s budget cuts go too far, while 20 percent say not far enough and 31 percent say they are
about right.
“Although Gov. Tom Corbett’s numbers are not impressive by traditional standards, they
are a good deal better than many of the new Republican governors around the country who are
offering a similar approach of no new taxes and large spending cuts,” said Peter A. Brown,
assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “Voters express some
conflicting views about Gov. Corbett and his program, saying they agree on the need not to raise
taxes, yet they are not happy with some of the spending reductions that he has proposed.”
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Quinnipiac University Poll/April 27, 2011 – page 2
Corbett gets a thumbs up on job approval from Republicans 64 – 18 percent and
independents 40 – 31 percent, but gets a 55 – 20 percent negative rating from Democrats. Like
many of his fellow Republican governors around the country, he has a gender gap. Men approve
43 – 30 percent while women disapprove 43 – 36 percent.
“Gov. Corbett has a problem with women: He has a gender gap on his job approval and a
gender gap on his proposed budget cuts,” Brown said. “Women find the cuts unfair while men
are divided on whether they are fair.”
Pennsylvania voters disapprove 52 – 35 percent of the way Corbett is handling the state
budget, but by 55 – 40 percent voters agree with his position that a tax hike is not necessary to
balance the budget.
Despite this view, by 57 – 33 percent they don’t think Corbett will be able keep his
campaign promise to balance the budget without raising taxes.
On a variety of budget-cutting steps, Pennsylvania voters:
 Oppose 50 – 43 percent state worker layoffs;
 Oppose 53 – 36 percent selling or leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike;
 Support 64 – 28 percent selling state liquor stores;
 Oppose 64 – 32 percent cutting state funding for state and state-related universities;
 Support 68 – 27 percent freezing the wages of state employees;
 Support 69 – 22 percent instituting a new tax on companies drilling for natural gas in the
state’s Marcellus Shale region.
From April 19 – 25, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,366 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and the
nation as a public service and for research.
For more data or RSS feed– http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or
follow us on Twitter.
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1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Tom Corbett is handling his job as Governor?
Union
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom HsHlds
Approve 39% 64% 20% 40% 43% 36% 35%

Disapprove 37 18 55 31 30 43 42
DK/NA 24 19 25 29 27 21 23
Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl
Approve 41% 26% 39% 43% 31% 47% 42%

Disapprove 44 41 41 33 36 37 33
DK/NA 15 33 20 24 33 16 24
TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Tom Corbett is handling his job as
Governor?
Apr 27 Feb 16
2011 2011
Approve 39 39
Disapprove 37 11
DK/NA 24 50
11. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in Pennsylvania today?
Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat, dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?
Union
Very satisfied 2% 1% 3% 3% 3% 2% 1%
Smwht satisfied 37 48 34 32 41 34 37
Smwht dissatisfied 33 33 34 35 33 33 34
Very dissatisfied 26 17 29 28 22 30 28
DK/NA 1 1 1 2 1 1 -
Very satisfied 2% 5% 2% 3% 1% 1% 3%
Smwht satisfied 39 41 34 45 34 31 35
DK/NA - - - 1 3 - 2
TREND: In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in Pennsylvania
today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very
dissatisfied?
VERY+SMWHT SAT.
High Low
Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15 Jul 13 Apr 08 Jun 05 Dec 15
2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2002 2010
Very satisfied 2 4 2 3 4 8 2
Smwht satisfied 37 43 35 37 42 60 35
DK/NA 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
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12. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Tom Corbett is handling the state budget?
Union
Approve 35% 58% 16% 37% 45% 27% 35%

Disapprove 52 31 72 47 42 60 55
DK/NA 13 11 11 16 13 13 9
Approve 39% 23% 36% 39% 29% 36% 39%

Disapprove 48 63 50 51 56 54 47
DK/NA 13 14 14 10 16 9 14
13. Do you think Governor Corbett's proposals to balance the state budget are fair or
unfair to people like you?
Union
Fair 39% 59% 22% 41% 45% 34% 35%

Unfair 50 27 69 47 43 55 56
DK/NA 11 14 9 12 12 11 9
Fair 44% 30% 42% 38% 35% 42% 40%

Unfair 52 61 48 51 48 46 45
DK/NA 5 9 11 11 17 12 14
14. How serious do you think Pennsylvania's budget problems are - very serious, somewhat
serious, not too serious, or not at all serious?
Union
Very serious 65% 66% 65% 59% 63% 67% 66%

Smwht serious 32 29 31 38 34 30 30
Not too serious 2 2 3 1 2 1 3
Not at all serious 1 1 - 1 - 1 1
DK/NA 1 2 1 1 1 1 -
Very serious 65% 77% 59% 58% 69% 65% 66%

Smwht serious 32 20 40 39 25 31 31
Not too serious 4 - 1 2 4 2 1
Not at all serious - 2 - - - - 1
DK/NA - 1 - 1 1 3 1
TREND: How serious do you think Pennsylvania's budget problems are - very serious,
somewhat serious, not too serious, or not at all serious?
Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15 Feb 20

2011 2011 2010 2003
Very serious 65 61 60 32
Smwht serious 32 34 33 55
Not too serious 2 2 4 7
Not at all serious 1 - 1 1
DK/NA 1 2 1 5
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15. To balance the state budget, if you had to choose, would you prefer - raising taxes or
cutting government programs and services?
Union
Raise taxes 36% 16% 58% 30% 29% 41% 39%

Cut services 54 75 30 61 63 46 52
DK/NA 10 9 11 9 8 12 9
Raise taxes 37% 54% 32% 37% 30% 32% 30%

Cut services 60 33 55 57 51 57 59
DK/NA 3 13 12 6 19 11 11
TREND: To balance the state budget, if you had to choose, would you prefer raising taxes
or cutting government programs and services?
Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15 Feb 20

2011 2011 2010 2003
Raising taxes 36 30 30 29
Cutting services 54 56 56 57
DK/NA 10 14 14 14
16. Do you think an increase in taxes is necessary to balance the budget or not?
Union
Yes 40% 27% 54% 38% 40% 40% 42%

No 55 68 41 58 57 53 53
DK/NA 5 5 5 4 3 7 5
Yes 29% 49% 39% 43% 33% 37% 41%

No 64 48 59 51 63 56 53
DK/NA 7 3 1 5 3 7 6
17. In order to balance the state budget, Governor Corbett has proposed cuts in state
spending. Do you think Corbett's cuts in state spending go too far, not far enough or
are they about right?
Union
Too far 35% 17% 57% 27% 28% 41% 42%

Not far enough 20 26 13 22 24 17 19
About right 31 46 17 37 36 26 25
DK/NA 14 11 13 14 12 15 15
Too far 42% 39% 33% 35% 30% 33% 33%

Not far enough 20 19 18 20 16 18 25
About right 24 23 35 33 35 38 29
DK/NA 13 19 13 11 18 11 12
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18. To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose - layoffs for state
employees?
Union
Support 43% 62% 29% 46% 47% 40% 38%

Oppose 50 33 64 46 48 52 57
DK/NA 6 5 7 8 5 7 4
Support 44% 24% 42% 45% 44% 55% 48%

Oppose 50 71 54 51 48 37 43
DK/NA 6 5 4 4 8 8 9
TREND: To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose layoffs for state
employees?
Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15

2011 2011 2010
Support 43 52 51
Oppose 50 40 41
DK/NA 6 8 9
19. To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose - leasing the Pennslyvania
turnpike to a private company?
Union
Support 36% 42% 31% 39% 38% 34% 34%

Oppose 53 49 58 51 54 52 60
DK/NA 11 10 12 10 7 14 6
Support 44% 40% 27% 41% 23% 36% 35%

Oppose 43 49 61 51 62 54 54
DK/NA 12 10 12 8 15 10 11
TREND: To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose leasing the Pennsylvania
turnpike to a private company?

2011 2011 2010
Support 36 36 36
Oppose 53 51 52
DK/NA 11 13 12
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20. To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose - selling off the state
liquor stores?
Union
Support 64% 72% 54% 73% 72% 58% 64%

Oppose 28 19 39 21 22 32 28
DK/NA 8 8 7 6 6 10 8
Support 67% 56% 69% 70% 52% 63% 65%

Oppose 23 36 25 24 39 28 26
DK/NA 10 8 6 6 8 9 10
TREND: To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose selling off the state
liquor stores?

2011 2011 2010
Support 64 65 66
Oppose 28 26 26
DK/NA 8 9 8
21. To help balance the state budget, do you support or oppose - a wage freeze for state
employees?
Union
Support 68% 77% 60% 67% 67% 69% 58%

Oppose 27 18 35 29 27 27 37
DK/NA 5 4 4 4 6 4 5
Support 65% 56% 64% 65% 67% 75% 75%

Oppose 29 38 27 32 23 20 22
DK/NA 5 6 9 3 10 4 3
22. To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose - cutting funding for state
and state-related universities?
Union
Support 32% 51% 17% 34% 40% 26% 29%

Oppose 64 43 81 63 55 71 67
DK/NA 4 6 3 3 5 4 4
Support 29% 28% 24% 30% 35% 35% 40%

Oppose 70 70 72 66 60 57 56
DK/NA 1 2 4 4 5 8 4
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23. To help balance the state budget do you support or oppose - a new tax on companies
drilling for natural gas in the state's Marcellus Shale?
Union
Support 69% 59% 77% 76% 71% 68% 80%

Oppose 22 33 15 16 23 21 14
DK/NA 9 8 8 8 6 11 6
Support 64% 69% 60% 71% 69% 76% 72%

Oppose 25 21 25 22 22 19 21
DK/NA 10 10 15 7 9 4 7
24. Governor Tom Corbett has pledged that in trying to balance the state's budget
deficit that he will not raise taxes or fees. Do you think Tom Corbett should have
made this pledge or not?
Union
Yes 41% 57% 23% 43% 41% 40% 32%

No 53 36 72 51 53 53 63
DK/NA 6 7 5 6 5 7 5
Yes 39% 38% 42% 44% 34% 39% 42%

No 51 59 54 51 55 57 51
DK/NA 10 4 4 5 11 4 7
TREND: Governor Tom Corbett has pledged that in trying to balance the state's budget
deficit that he will not raise taxes or fees. Do you think Tom Corbett should have made
this pledge or not? (*Governor-elect Tom Corbett)

2011 2011 2010*
Yes 41 49 47
No 53 43 44
DK/NA 6 8 9
25. Do you think Tom Corbett will be able to keep his campaign pledge or not?
Union
Yes 33% 42% 23% 35% 36% 30% 30%

No 57 46 69 57 55 59 59
DK/NA 10 12 8 8 9 11 11
Yes 35% 43% 37% 29% 21% 34% 30%

No 56 47 53 60 68 57 59
DK/NA 10 10 10 11 11 9 11
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TREND: Do you think Tom Corbett will be able to keep his campaign pledge or not?

2011 2011 2010
Yes 33 33 33
No 57 53 53
DK/NA 10 14 14
26. Which comes closer to your view regarding Governor Corbett's budget proposal - A)Taxes
should not be raised, there should only be spending cuts, or B)Taxes should be raised so
that there will be fewer spending cuts.
Union
Only cuts 55% 72% 38% 57% 60% 52% 50%

Taxes/Fewer cuts 39 24 57 37 36 42 44
DK/NA 5 4 5 6 5 6 7
Only cuts 58% 49% 60% 49% 62% 57% 57%

Taxes/Fewer cuts 39 45 35 45 34 35 38
DK/NA 3 6 5 6 5 8 6

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Approve 39% 64% 20% 40% 43% 36% 35%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Approve 41% 26% 39% 43% 31% 47% 42%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Approve 35% 58% 16% 37% 45% 27% 35%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Approve 39% 23% 36% 39% 29% 36% 39%

Fair 39% 59% 22% 41% 45% 34% 35%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Fair 44% 30% 42% 38% 35% 42% 40%

Very serious 65% 66% 65% 59% 63% 67% 66%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Very serious 65% 77% 59% 58% 69% 65% 66%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15 Feb 20

Raise taxes 36% 16% 58% 30% 29% 41% 39%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Raise taxes 37% 54% 32% 37% 30% 32% 30%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15 Feb 20

Yes 40% 27% 54% 38% 40% 40% 42%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Yes 29% 49% 39% 43% 33% 37% 41%

Too far 35% 17% 57% 27% 28% 41% 42%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Too far 42% 39% 33% 35% 30% 33% 33%

Support 43% 62% 29% 46% 47% 40% 38%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Support 44% 24% 42% 45% 44% 55% 48%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15

Support 36% 42% 31% 39% 38% 34% 34%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Support 44% 40% 27% 41% 23% 36% 35%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15

Support 64% 72% 54% 73% 72% 58% 64%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Support 67% 56% 69% 70% 52% 63% 65%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15

Support 68% 77% 60% 67% 67% 69% 58%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Support 65% 56% 64% 65% 67% 75% 75%

Support 32% 51% 17% 34% 40% 26% 29%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Support 29% 28% 24% 30% 35% 35% 40%

Support 69% 59% 77% 76% 71% 68% 80%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Support 64% 69% 60% 71% 69% 76% 72%

Yes 41% 57% 23% 43% 41% 40% 32%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Yes 39% 38% 42% 44% 34% 39% 42%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15

Yes 33% 42% 23% 35% 36% 30% 30%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Yes 35% 43% 37% 29% 21% 34% 30%

Apr 27 Feb 16 Dec 15

Only cuts 55% 72% 38% 57% 60% 52% 50%

Alghny Philly NthEst SthEst NthWst SthWst Cntrl

Only cuts 58% 49% 60% 49% 62% 57% 57%

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