Pro-Choice Advocate John Fetterman Jumps Another 12 Pts In Recent Poll

[peggysue2]

John Fetterman's strongest moment in the last PA Senate debate in Carlisle was his strong advocacy for reproductive rights, the Right to Choose, a woman's right to control her own body and reproductive destiny. In todays's swirling SCOTUS controversy over Roe vs Wade, those comments are ever more timely and important.

John Fetterman used the word 'sacred' and also suggested that a 'Right to Choose' position should serve as a litmus test for all judicial selections. There was a time when the idea of judicial litmus tests regarding pro-choice was considered over-the-top, hysterical. At least, that's what I recall the opposition shouting.

I suspect few would consider anything over-the-top after yesterday's first-draft disclosure of stripping away a 50-year precedent.

In any case, John Fetterman has again jumped ahead of the pack in a new F&M poll:

Mr. Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, leads U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb 53% to 14% in the new poll, which surveyed 357 registered Democrats from April 20 to May 1. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta registered in third place at 4%, with Jenkintown Councilwoman Alex Khalil trailing the pack at 1%.

This represents a 12-point bump for Mr. Fetterman since the last F&M poll, conducted in early April when he was at 41%. In that time frame, Mr. Lamb dropped 3 points and Mr. Kenyatta didn’t move the needle.

Conor Lamb has complained about the poll's small sampling number (357) which is reasonable considering he's running a distant second. With a mere two weeks in the primary race, I'm guessing John Fetterman is smiling (cautiously), not only by the spread but by his increased approval numbers (67% among registered Dems).

We're almost there!


https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2022/05/05/pa-us-senate-poll-john-fetterman-dr-oz-david-mccormick-conor-lamb-2022-election/stories/202205050070

[Wounded Bear]

1. More Dems should emphasize their pro-choice creds this summer...

[peggysue2]

5. Yes, Yes & Yes!

Because the Republicans are already squirming and/or erasing anti-abortion drum beats from their literature.

Make them own this and keep reminding voters that Republicans = the Handmaid's Party.

[onetexan]

34. +1 -K&R

[Polybius]

2. It's a given that Fetterman wins the primary

What's not known is on the Republican side. Oz is up by just 2% over McCormick.

[peggysue2]

6. Either/Or on the Republican side are virulently Anti-Choice, Anti-Women, Anti-Freedom

Make them own it, make them hear references to Gilead until their heads explode.

Dog catches car!

[Polybius]

10. True

I'd still rather go up against McCormick though. Might be a tad easier.

[dchill]

50. You're talking about the Gilead Party, right?

[blue neen]

3. Wow!

Love the good news!

[peggysue2]

8. I love it, too!

We gotta have some good news.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. With PA Democratic primaries decided, some PA Dems may choose to vote in the GOP Primary

Because it is pleasurable to vote - twice in the same year perhaps - against Dr. Oz, Mastriano, and a local GOP Congressman.

Just sayin'.

Better hurry though. I think party registration must be changed 10 days before the May 17 primary.

On Edit: The last day for changing party registration for the primary was May 2nd, 2022. So too late now. I should not rely on memory.

[peggysue2]

11. Strategically that might work since most think Oz is the weaker candidate

Personally? I just can't do it for this race bc I'm really excited about voting for Fetterman. I've also waited over 20 years to vote once again in PA where a Dem victory is a realistic outcome.

As a Dem? Living in Tennessee was a bummer.

[brooklynite]

15. NO they won't.....

In Pennsylvania, you can only vote for the candidates in the same political party you have named in your voter registration.

https://www.vote.pa.gov/About-Elections/Pages/Types%20of%20Elections.aspx

Its too late to change registration.

[peggysue2]

17. Good point!

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Correct, the last day to change registration is

Monday, May 2, 2022.

I made the deadline.

[Emile]

7. Fetterman impresses me more than Lamb.

[peggysue2]

14. There's nothing inherently wrong with Conor Lamb

In fact, on paper he's the ideal candidate. I just think in this race, in this year we need someone with real juice, someone to get the electorate excited about voting and can appeal to the everyman/everywoman.

John Fetterman has that potential, a gift for reaching out and leaving an impression. It's a different impression than what we're accustomed to but in this political climate 'different/unique/the working man's whisperer' is having an impact.

[aocommunalpunch]

16. Thus, the "ideal candidate" doesn't have real juice or excite the electorate?

Sounds less than ideal.

[peggysue2]

30. On paper, I think Conor Lamb is the ideal candidate

He checks off all the boxes of what we normally expect.

It just doesn't work this year.

Not after all the turmoil and angst the country has experienced. Voters yearn for something different. They may not even know what that 'different' means but they know pretty damn quick John Fetterman is not business as usual.

[Demsrule86]

52. The problem for Lamb is all the candidates like him that came before and were kind of forced

on us lost (I lived in PA). Katie McGinty was the last straw as far as I am concerned. And I do not like how Connor conducted himself during the primary...attacking a fellow Democrat even when losing and unlikely to be the nominee.

[peggysue2]

56. Agreed

I think Dems are looking for someone/something different and Fetterman fits the bill.

As for the piling on during the primary campaign? I think that's pretty normal, be it Lamb or Kenyatta. And yes, it's been pretty rough. But . . . it's a prelude to what Fetterman is going to catch during the GE. The Republicans will be out for blood and eyeballs.

Then (unfortunately) the primary will look like a picnic.

[Demsrule86]

58. Yeah well, given there stance on guns, I doubt very much them carrying on about the gun

the incident will help them. I think Connor hurt himself by bringing this up over and over in every debate.

[multigraincracker]

60. Would like to see the re-publican call him a snowflake...

to his face.

[Rob H.]

9. Where are the naysayers and Debbie Downers?

They usually can't wait to weigh in on these threads.

[StrictlyRockers]

12. Fetterman will instantaneously become the most progressive voice in the Senate.

I have been pushing for him for years. I'm glad to see him winning the primary, I have no doubt he will do well against Mister Oz or whichever clown the GOP puts up.

[Celerity]

18. More than Sanders? More than Warren and Markey? I doubt that.

[StrictlyRockers]

21. Ok "one of"

People on DU love to create arguments where none really exist.

[Celerity]

22. Well, the one main thing (and I am a strong Fetterman supporter, just search DU to see this)

that I do disagree with Fetterman on is fracking. That said, if that is what it takes to win in PA, then it's fine with me.

[StrictlyRockers]

23. And we are in total agreement.

I think of DU as something like Monty Python's Ministry of Arguments sketch. It's where you go if you want to have an argument with someone over nothing. Thank you for keeping the place consistent.

[Celerity]

27. I do not look at it as an argument over 'nothing'. I simply disagreed with the statement

Fetterman will instantaneously become the most progressive voice in the Senate.

[mvd]

70. Well I agree - Sanders and probably Warren and Markey more liberal

And I don’t fully agree with Fetterman on fracking, but someone who keeps it as an option might play well here in PA. A refreshing candidate.

[Celerity]

71. Yes, I think Fetterman will make a great Senator, with far less concern that he will go all Manchin

and Sinema maverick rogue obstructionist mode than Lamb perhaps would have.

[Demsrule86]

41. He can't be against fracking now...but he wants to move away with it with renewable energy

with the technology made here at home in PA and the rest of the rustbelt...this is PA remember.

[Celerity]

44. Yes, I certainly am not going to lose my mind over one thing, & that thing (fracking) has a limited

lifespan anyway. I just hope we can mitigate the damage it does when measured on pretty much every intersectional measure in terms of negative environmental impact and global climate change.

[Demsrule86]

53. I voted for Obama twice knowing he favored more trade bills...which as a rustbelt

girl, I vehemently oppose. I am not a one-issue voter...never was. When it comes down to elections, I vote in all of them and always vote Democratic. Fracking is going away because it is not cost-efficient like coal.

[FakeNoose]

33. Unfortunately Bernie Sanders isn't a member of our Party

However I believe that John Fetterman - should he be elected to the Senate - would become one of the most progressive Dems we have. He doesn't back down easily and he's a natural leader.

[Celerity]

40. Sanders is in the Democratic Caucus, and I fail to see what point you are trying to make in

terms of what the post I replied (and disagreed with) to actually said:

Fetterman will instantaneously become the most progressive voice in the Senate.

No mention of Party was made.

[Sympthsical]

65. It reminds me of school

When I was young, I used to spend so much time on what stickers I wanted to put on the outside of my Trapper Keeper.

Once I was older, I realized I was more interested in what was inside the folders.

I've learned to never underestimate the power and endurance of that sticker phase.

[Demsrule86]

42. Fetterman has the potential to be a Rockstar in the Democratic Part and is a potential

presidential pick for 28.

[FoxNewsSucks]

72. Why smear Sanders?

He works harder for liberal Democratic policy than some elected politicians with that "D" after their names.

He worked his ass off to get both Clinton and Biden elected, and has worked hard supporting Biden. Unlike two specific Senators who have worked against Biden.

He also didn't endorse a republicon liar over her Democratic opponent.

[brooklynite]

19. What will that progressive voice say?

He didn't mention any progressive goals (MfA, Wealth Tax, etc) when I met with him.

I wonder if some people like his "image" and are projecting their political principles on to him.

[blue neen]

26. I think supporting unions is progressive.

What about legalizing marijuana? Fetterman visited every county in PA (67) to talk to citizens about this very issue.

It's possible that a number of people, including me, would not pass your progressive one-visit-litmus-test.

[brooklynite]

31. I don't see marijuana legalization as a significantly "progressive" issue.

If anything, its basic libertarianism.

As for me, I'm confident that all three candidates I talked to would pass my "litmus tests" (reproductive rights, firearms regulations and progressive taxation); that said, my opinions on Fetterman v. Lamb have nothing to do with which one is closer to my policy opinions; they have to do with which is more electable, for which gaining an understanding of what they plan to campaign on and how the total electorate will react to them.

[blue neen]

35. Really? How many Senate Republicans are supporting legalizing pot?

...and it looks like the PA Democratic electorate sees Fetterman as the candidate who is most electable.

[brooklynite]

38. At this point, I have every expectation that Fetterman will win the Primary...

I'll still need to make my own judgement as to whether I invest in his campaign or focus on what my model says are more winnable races.

[Demsrule86]

55. That we can agree on that...PA is a big opportunity...you just don't like Fetterman which is fine.

[Demsrule86]

54. I see pot as a progressive issue...it is legal in Ohio and has helped my husband with pain

enormously after his two back-to-back surgeries. I use it too occasionally as I hurt my shoulder...very helpful and won't kill my liver like Advil or Tylenol.

[multigraincracker]

62. That issue helps with the youth and Blue Collar vote.

We will need those, big time, in 2024.

[Rob H.]

32. Google also exists

and his official campaign website is the first result, so....

[blue neen]

36. Yeah, I saw that.

It's pretty well organized.

[Rob H.]

46. It is!

If I were going to meet someone I would research first so I'd be able to ask intelligent questions or get him to expand on things that I felt needed clarification. Dunno why some are acting as if he's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma regarding his political stances. He's been pretty clear on those things for a long time now.

[Demsrule86]

43. Maybe he thought you were a lost cause in terms of winning your support. It is a shame you

seem to be so prejudiced against Fettermand that you can't support him...he is going to be our candidate. And I believe he will win and give us a Senate seat.

[Celerity]

13. Good to see this. NT

[hibbing]

24. Good, no wishy washy bs n/t

[iemanja]

25. 53 to 44?

14 doesn't seem likely.

I have to say 357 is a small poll.

[Demsrule86]

45. Fetterman is ahead no question. Connor Lamb in the older polls was losing by nearly 30

points. Lamb's strategy to attack Fetterman non-stop in the debates didn't pay off. I didn't expect that it would and he wasted all that time when he could have put his ideas out. Fetterman did not attack anyone.

[Demsrule86]

59. Fetterman was leading Lamb in the older polls by almost 30 points. I bet this is close to

the margin on election day. Lamb is and has been losing for some time.

[Marius25]

28. Do we know how Fetterman would do against a Republican

in a hypothetical match up yet?

[Demsrule86]

48. The polls I have seen, he beats them all...the closest one was Oz... Fetterman

was ahead by two. But there has been limited polling on this.

[Budi]

29. Hmm

But some "pro-choice" Dem candidates are being told that's not good enough.

Some but not all?
What gives?

[Demsrule86]

49. I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Wingus Dingus]

37. 53 to 14. That's quite the margin.

[Tickle]

73. There are three

Republicans he’s being compared to.

[Demsrule86]

39. I am a big Fetterman fan...he rocks!

[AZLD4Candidate]

47. My mother just moved to Yinzer land in New Castle and she can't WAIT to vote for Big John!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

51. Just 4 short years ago we were cheering on Connor Lamb.

Such strange times.

[Demsrule86]

57. That was for a house seat...in a red district...but consider 18 was a great year for us...lot's

of upsets...and that was the only time he ran in a red district...they redid the district after his first run. He also voted with Trump 68% of the time in his first year. That being said I would vote for him if he was the candidate. I would vote for Satan himself if he ran as a Democrat. Not saying Connor is Satan...he is a good person in general. LOL

[Renew Deal]

61. We still cheer him

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Just not in this race. Fetterman is a great candidate. That doesn’t mean that Lamb is a bad person. He gave one of the best speeches about 1/6.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

63. Will he still be in Congress if he loses Senate bid?

I wonder that about all the Dems running for the Senate...

[Demsrule86]

68. Yes, Lamb is not going to win the primary. Thus will stay in the House.

[Demsrule86]

66. For sure...we need that seat.

I don't dislike Connor...he annoyed me during the primary...but that is a primary for you. I just don't think he wins the PA senate seat. I believe Fetterman can win.

[Sympthsical]

64. Sensible centrist is getting smooshed

That's a shame.

[Demsrule86]

67. Do you know how many sensible centrist have lost this seat? Too many.

Fetterman transcends those sorts of politics...he has broad appeal.

[Sympthsical]

69. And it sounds like Pennsylvania Democrats know it

So excited for them.

[FoxNewsSucks]

74. That's the explanation right there.

"sensible centrist".

We need liberal progressives that will speak up. Liberal policies are what is best for the public.

It's a shame so many democrats run away from that.

[FoxNewsSucks]

75. Good!

We need more races to go to the liberal candidates.