Obama Leads Romney in New Pa. Poll

Women help give Pres. a 6-point lead

President Obama (D) has a 46 to 40 percent lead in Pa. over Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.

The president heads to Philadelphia Tuesday for a fundraising reception at the Franklin Institute. On Saturday, Romney’s 6-state bus tour will stop in Pa.

The new poll compare to a 47 to 39 percent Obama lead in a May 3 survey by the independent poll.

Women back Obama 51 to 36 percent, while Republican Romney has a 44 to 40 percent lead among men in the survey.

The president gets a high rating for being “likable” at 77 percent, to Romney’s 58 percent.

On the question of who would do a better job on the economy, Romney has a 49 to 41 percent edge over the president.

"Pennsylvanians may like the president more than they like Mitt Romney, but the warm and fuzzy feeling gives way to the cold hard truth of a still shaky economy," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

The Pennsylvania Democratic party issued a statement Tuesday reacting to new poll numbers for the former Massachusetts governor and Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett.

“Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney share the same views on the economy and education that have been rejected by the people of Pennsylvania and it is reflected in their poor poll numbers,” said a press release from the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania.

Tuesday’s Quinnipiac poll showed the lowest approval rating ever for Corbett, at 47 percent, which is down for an all-time high of 50 percent in Sept. 2011.

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