{"id":311883,"date":"2026-10-22T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311883\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:56:08","slug":"josh-shapiro-maintains-lead-over-stacy-garrity-in-pennsylvania-gubernatorial-race-poll-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311883\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Shapiro maintains lead over Stacy Garrity in Pennsylvania gubernatorial race: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 With less than two weeks until Election Day, Josh Shapiro holds a lead over Republican challenger Stacy Garrity in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race, according to new poll data released Thursday. <\/p>\n

In a survey of 782 likely voters<\/a> conducted by Franklin & Marshall College, 54% said they would vote or are leaning toward voting for Shapiro, compared to 33% for Garrity. Four percent of likely voters said they’d vote for another candidate, and 9% said they’re undecided. <\/p>\n

MORE POLITICS COVERAGE | With Election Day nearing, voters weigh impact of political ads<\/a><\/p>\n

About 42% of likely voters said they “haven’t heard enough” about Garrity to have an opinion on her, according to the data. <\/p>\n

As for Shapiro, about 44% of likely voters said he is doing an “excellent” or “good” job as governor. Twenty-four percent said he’s doing “only a fair job,” and 24% said he’s doing a “poor” job. <\/p>\n

\"Gov.<\/p>\n

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s job performance rating compared to previous Pennsylvania governors, according to past survey data from Franklin & Marshall College. (Courtesy of Franklin & Marshall)<\/p>\n

State issues<\/p>\n

Likely voters were also asked about hot-button issues like Flock cameras, vaccines and election integrity. <\/p>\n

According to the survey, 61% of likely voters said automated license plate readers (ALPRs) threaten their civil liberties and oppose their use by local police. Thirty-two percent said they want their community to use ALPRs because they help police solve crimes. <\/p>\n

READ MORE | New bill passed by state House on Flock cameras<\/a><\/p>\n

As Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak continues, roughly 70% of voters said the state government should be doing more to encourage people to get vaccinated. About 80% said they believe vaccines are safe and effective. <\/p>\n

Election integrity<\/p>\n

Voters also expressed some election integrity concerns as Nov. 3 approaches. <\/p>\n

About 52% of voters said they are “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about widespread voter fraud. About 47% said they are “not very concerned” or “not at all concerned.” <\/p>\n

Forty-five percent said they’re concerned about noncitizens voting in the election, but the majority (54%) said they’re not concerned. <\/p>\n

Additionally, 65% of voters expressed concern about the U.S. Postal Service failing to deliver all of the mail-in ballots in time for them to be counted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 With less than two weeks until Election Day, Josh Shapiro holds a lead over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-311883","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\/311883","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=311883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}