7/30/2019 Rockwood Strategies Polling Memo on PA Gov. Tom Corbett.

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To: News Media and All Interested Parties

From : Ryan Shafik, Rockwood Strategies

Date: January 8, 2013

Re: Polling on Gov. Corbett

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The recently released survey by Public Policy Polling (PPP) reveals a grim reality for Republican

Governor Tom Corbett, as follows:

Currently, Gov. Tom Corbett is one of the most unpopular Republican Governors in America. Today, Gov. Corbett than former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum did at this point

in 2005. Consider: In Feb. 2005, Santorum had an Approval/Disapproval rating of 52% - 31%. In

contrast, Governor Corbetts Approval/Disapproval rating is at Santorums approval

was + 19 points, while Corbett is at ( .

More alarming is Corbetts Approval/Disapproval rating among

Also, Santorums re-elect number was hovering around 50% at this time, while Gov. Corbetts isstuck at .

Corbett barely breaks the 40% support threshold against little-known Democrat candidate JohnHanger and is stuck in the against all potential Democrat challengers.

Also, Corbett has an unusually high disapproval number amongst Republican voters, who are alsolosing faith in him. It is very rare for Republican disapproval to cracks 10% for a sitting

Republican Governor. Corbett has a disapproval rating amongst Republicans

and it continues to trend in the wrong direction.

Worse still: Corbetts recent NCAA lawsuit gambit is viewed by the public as a raw political stuntto alleviate the fact that, by a 2-to1 margin, the public believes he mishandled the Penn State

scandal.

Finally: incoming Attorney General Kane takes office soon and will conduct an investigation of theSandusky scandal; while its uncertain how her investigation will unfold, its reasonably

foreseeable that Corbetts numbers will sink even lower and have not much prospect for going up.

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