PA-GOV: Quinnipiac Poll: Shapiro leading Garrity

[RandySF]

NOTE: The article also discusses his numbers as a presidential candidate but I don't want to get into 2028 until after November.


At the same time, Shapiro leads Garrity, the state treasurer, by a 55-37% margin. Just more than half – 51% – of voters have a favorable opinion of Shapiro, and a majority – 56% – approve of his handling of the job as governor.

The gubernatorial poll shows little change from Quinnipiac’s poll from Pennsylvania last October, which showed Shapiro holding an early lead in the 2026 contest, but does show his overall approval slipping slightly.

That poll had Shapiro leading Garrity in 2026 and holding an edge in a hypothetical 2028 matchup with J.D. Vance. It also showed U.S. Sen. John Fetterman with greater support among GOP voters than Democrats.

Shapiro’s handling of his job as governor fell from 60% approval last year to 58% this year, with 49% of independent voters approving of the way he does the job. He also has 51% support from Independent voters when matched up against Garrity, with 66% of voters saying they haven’t heard enough about the Republican candidate.





https://www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/2026/02/quinnipiac-poll-shapiro-leading-garrity-showing-weakness-potential-prez-run/411687/?oref=cspa-category-lander-top-story

[Bluestocking]

1. As a Jew I would welcome a Jewish president

However there is too much at stake. Our candidate needs to be a Christian male. Doesn’t matter what color.
Although I still believe that Bernie would have beat Trump in 2016.

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

2. Not to mention that he would face new questioning about his handling of the Ellen Greenberg case nationally

Ellen Rae Greenberg (June 23, 1983 – January 26, 2011) was an American woman who died after sustaining 20 stab wounds. Her death was officially ruled a suicide despite the 20 stab wounds (10 to her back and neck) and 11 bruises, sparking extensive debate as to whether the cause of death was actually homicide. The mysterious circumstances surrounding the manner of death have prompted significant political activity, legal action, and global media coverage.

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In early 2018, the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro took over the case.[16] In 2019, a spokesperson for Shapiro stated that computer searches made on Ellen's computer pointed toward Greenberg's death being a suicide and that the investigation had been closed.[17][18] Legal representation for the Greenberg family disputed such evidence on the laptop, stating that it is undisputed that Samuel Goldberg's uncle James Schwartzman took possession of Ellen's iPhone and two computers, breaking the chain of custody.[19] The Philadelphia Police had also sent Ellen Greenberg's computers to the Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RCFL) for a forensic examination, and a police document later summarized the findings: "Keyword Searches were done on every computer searching for Suicide Information and the examination did not reveal anything remarkable."[19]

During the multi-year period in which the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office had control over the case, the Greenberg family's legal team provided them with a significant volume (over 10 gigabytes) of new evidence, including detailed forensic files and medical findings; 3D stab wound analyses of each of the 20 strikes Ellen suffered; and lengthy depositions of three Philadelphia medical examiner officials, one of whom said Ellen was likely already dead when one of those stab wounds occurred.[20][21]

In July 2022, the internet community uncovered relationships between Josh Shapiro (then running for Governor of Pennsylvania) and the families of Samuel Goldberg and James Schwartzman, prompting the Attorney General's Office to send the case to the Chester County, Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office to avoid the "appearance of a conflict [of interest]."[16] The Chester County District Attorney announced the investigation was inactive, citing an independent forensic expert with an undergraduate degree in entomology (the study of insects) and without any medical training, which was widely criticized by Greenberg's legal team and the true crime community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ellen_Greenberg

That could potentially be a big problem for him... both in the primary and general.