A recent Quinnipiac poll has Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro leading State Treasurer Stacy Garrity by a wide margin.<\/p>\n
HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro holds an 18-point lead over Republican Stacy Garrity in Pennsylvania’s 2026 governor’s race, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Of voters surveyed, 55% would back Shapiro if the election were held today, compared with 37% for Garrity. The numbers are little changed from the university’s October poll, the pollster said.<\/p>\n
Democrats overwhelmingly support Shapiro, with 97% supporting him. On the GOP side, 82% of Republicans said they would back Garrity. Among independents, 51% support Shapiro and 34% support Garrity.<\/p>\n
Shapiro’s overall job approval stands at 56%, with 29% disapproving of his tenure. That is slightly lower than in October, when 60% approved and 28% disapproved.<\/p>\n
\nShapiro in 2028?\n <\/p>\n
While Shapiro leads comfortably in his re-election bid, voters are divided on whether he would make a good president. Forty percent said he would, while 43% said he would not and 16% did not offer an opinion.<\/p>\n
“Shapiro maintains solid numbers as governor. Do Pennsylvanian voters think he’s up to the job in the Oval Office? Not exactly a ringing endorsement,” Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said of the results.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania’s other elected official did not fare much better.<\/p>\n
Sen. John Fetterman has a 46% approval rating, with 40% disapproving. Republicans largely approve of Fetterman’s job performance, 73% to 18%, while 62% of Democrats disapprove. Malloy said Fetterman is “bridging both parties on some issues” and “maintains the warm embrace of a healthy number of Republicans.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sen. Dave McCormick’s approval rating stands at 37%, with 33% disapproving and 30% not offering an opinion.<\/p>\n
\nWhere do voters stand on the issues?<\/p>\n
According to the poll, economic sentiment remains mixed. Twenty-eight percent of voters said the nation’s economy is getting better, 47% said it is getting worse and 23% said it is staying about the same<\/p>\n
On immigration, 56% of respondents said they would prefer giving most undocumented immigrants a pathway to legal status, while 34% would prefer deportation. On whether the Trump administration is being too harsh in its treatment of immigrants, 56% said it is.<\/p>\n
Voters expressed strong support for several state-level policy proposals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the heels of calls from lawmakers<\/a> for cellphone bans in schools<\/a>, 71% surveyed supported K-12 bans during the school day, while 20% opposed it. Nearly two-thirds of parents with children in K-12 schools support the ban.<\/p>\n Two-thirds of voters, 66%, support raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n The poll was conducted Feb. 19-23 and has a margin of error of \u00b14.7 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent Quinnipiac poll has Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro leading State Treasurer Stacy Garrity by a wide margin. HARRISBURG,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-123569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}