The new Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows that people hate Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and would like to see him tarred and feathered. They also favor universal background checks for gun purchases (94%), banning high-capacity magazines (61%), banning assault weapons (61%), and limiting handgun purchases to one per month (61%).
Now, Pennsylvania is correctly viewed as a blue state, but it is a very culturally conservative state with a huge hunting population. It is not some liberal outlier where people are not familiar with firearms. It’s true that the numbers are skewed a bit by Philadelphia and it suburbs, but I don’t think the gun numbers would be much different in a state like Missouri.
In any case, I’m convinced that Corbett will lose his bid for reelection completely irrespective of his opponent. He’s proven that he’s a loser. I can’t wait for election day.
