U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is more popular among Pennsylvania Republicans than fellow Democrats, according to a new poll of state voters.

Susquehanna Polling and Research president James Lee told PennLive Tuesday that Fetterman’s overall approval rating among state voters is a “mediocre” 41%, compared to 37% who disapprove of him.

However, the eyebrow-raising result that 45% of Republicans approve of Fetterman while just 40% of Democrats do will surely get political tongues wagging from Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C.

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[+] 65 points 1 year ago (16 children)
  • [+] -76 points 1 year ago* (15 children)

    Not sure if he's Republican. But Democrats have their pantys twisted over him and that plays right into the Republicans playbook.

    This article is a good opportunity to signal how the left will crucify anyone that isn't in lockstep so it's a great for media to highlight this type of story in hopes that anyone with a public voice should evaluate if they would ever risk siding with the left on anything.

    Otherwise this whole story is literally not news worthy but we hear a new one every week. It's a signal

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You actually have zero idea what you are talking about here.

    Fetterman is not on the left, he is a Democrat in name only.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And the Democrats have like, five people who could actually be referred to as “the left”

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean that's true, but the biggest thing to note of fetterman, he ran basically as one of those. Campaign trail fetterman sounded like he was going for a role on the squad. After he was elected he seems to be to the right of, Senima and Manchin.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    what about democrats is “the left”?

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  • [+] -35 points 1 year ago* (6 children)