{"id":256890,"date":"2026-08-01T02:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256890\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:53:17","slug":"pennsylvania-would-rather-elect-a-hypothetical-stranger-than-john-fetterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256890\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Would Rather Elect a Hypothetical Stranger Than John Fetterman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, Politico asked<\/a> Sen. John Fetterman (D-ish-Penn.) if he\u2019d ever actually switch party lines, on par with his anti-immigration, pro-Israel, party-breaking tendencies. (And the fact that the GOP was actively gagging to woo another candidate into the upper chamber.) \u201cI\u2019d be a shitty Republican,\u201d he replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, we didn\u2019t need a poll to confirm that Fetterman\u2019s also quite the \u201cshitty Democrat\u201d\u2014but the universe is clearly in the giving mood. On Wednesday, PennLive\/Bravo Group revealed<\/a> in one of their monthly polls that Pennsylvanians would literally rather \u201csomeone else\u201d than Fetterman. Ouch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To be clear, the senator\u2014notable, in part, for his chaotic outfits<\/a> and suits-and-hoodie looks on Capitol Hill\u2014is not running in this year\u2019s midterms, and his current term is actually scheduled to end January 2029. He\u2019s not yet said whether he plans to run again, though this may be the sign that announcing otherwise could be the most popular position he takes all year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Someone\u2014ABSOLUTELY ANYONE!!!\u2014else.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social<\/a>) July 31, 2026 at 1:37 AM<\/a><\/p>\n

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The results were based on 630 respondents, 58% of whom said<\/a> they\u2019d vote for \u201csomeone else\u201d if Fetterman was up for reelection this year. Only 12%, in comparison, said they\u2019d \u201cdefinitely\u201d vote for him, with 28% saying they \u201cprobably\u201d would. Yikes! All this can be compounded with the fact that the senator\u2019s approval ratings stand<\/a> at about 47% disapproval, BTW.<\/p>\n

The poll, called<\/a> Morning Scrapple, also showed Dem. Gov. Josh Shapiro in the lead at 53% for the state\u2019s gubernatorial race\u2014just one of 16 happening this year<\/a>\u2014ahead of GOP competitor and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who polled at 28%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alas, one need not look far to understand why Fetterman is so darn unlovable. Since running for office<\/a> as a relatively likable<\/a> \u201cprogressive\u201d in 2016 with a relatively pro-immigrant platform\u2014largely touting, as well,<\/a> his wife, Gisele\u2019s, former status as an undocumented immigrant\u2014he\u2019s since become abandoned his original rhetoric, becoming staunchly anti-immigrant, and openly supporting Israel\u2019s war crimes in Gaza. In 2025, New York Magazine also published<\/a> an article detailing concern over his mental state.<\/p>\n

Along with unequivocally roasting Fetterman, however, the Morning Scrapple poll also reinforced how mega-unpopular Trump is\u2014particularly in the Keystone State. Per results, he has just a 38% approval rating. (Earlier this month, we reported<\/a> that countrywide, just 15% of Americans \u201cstrongly approve\u201d of his leadership\u2014so take that with a massive grain of salt.) 60%, in contrast, disapprove. And, again\u2026 one need not look far to understand why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this year, Politico asked Sen. John Fetterman (D-ish-Penn.) if he\u2019d ever actually switch party lines, on par…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-256890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256890","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=256890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}