Political opportunist Sen. Arlen Specter chose to abandon the Republican Party to join the Democrats in hopes of keeping his job as senator from Pennsylvania. It appears he gravely miscalculated the odds and voter sentiment because his poll numbers are trailing way behind against former Rep. Pat Toomey (R):
Former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey has big leads over Sen. Arlen Specter and the other Democratic hopeful for Specter’s seat, Rep. Joe Sestak, among the state’s likely voters, according to a Franklin & Marshall College poll conducted Jan. 18-24.
Toomey leads Specter among that group, 45 percent to 31 percent, with 20 percent undecided, and Sestak by 41 percent to 19 percent with 37 percent undecided.
Voters also see through his lack of loyalty:
Thirty-nine percent say Specter’s decision to switch parties made it much less or somewhat less likely they’d vote for him, 38 percent said it made no difference and 19 percent said it made it much more or somewhat more likely they’d support him.
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