Poll: Corbett popularity continues to slide

PHILLY.COM:   In the Morning Call of Allentown/Muhlenberg College poll released over the weekend 41 percent of state voters say they disapprove of [Gov. Tom] Corbett’s job performance, compared to 39 percent who say they approve.

The findings represent a sharp drop from the 51 percent of voters who said they approved of Corbett in December…

Pollster Chris Borick, a professor at Muhlenberg College, attributed the decline to Corbett’s budget proposal, which cuts deeply in education and social services, anger about his handling of the Penn State child sex abuse case and his comment “just look away” about a proposal to require women seeking abortions to view ultrasounds…  (more)

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