The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Pennsylvania and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. State Attorney General Josh Shapiro defeated State Senator Doug Mastriano by 14.8 percentage points to succeed term-limited incumbent governor Tom Wolf (D). Primaries were held on May 17, 2022. Shapiro won the Democratic nomination after running unopposed and Mastriano won the Republican nomination with 44% of the vote. Mastriano’s nomination drew attention due to his far-right political views.[1][2][3][4]

Pennsylvania only voted for President Joe Biden by 1.2% in 2020 and many Republicans were hopeful that they could pick up the governorship. Days before the Republican primary, multiple Republican candidates dropped out and endorsed former congressman Lou Barletta as they believed that Mastriano would lose a general election.[5][6] After his primary win, Mastriano had trouble fundraising, made few media appearances, made multiple gaffes and was accused of antisemitism against Shapiro.[7][8] Shapiro ultimately defeated Mastriano by almost 15 points, a margin consistent with most polls. Shapiro’s landslide victory did not come as a surprise to many political pundits, despite many of them predicting a favorable environment for Republicans.[9]

Shapiro scored the largest margin for a non-incumbent candidate for Pennsylvania governor since 1946,[10][11] and his victory marked the first time since 1844 that the Democratic Party won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania. Shapiro also made history by earning the most votes of any gubernatorial candidate in the state’s history, garnering just over three million votes. Austin Davis was elected lieutenant governor, and became the second African-American elected to statewide office in the state’s history, following Timothy DeFoor in 2020.

Shapiro’s large margin of victory has been widely credited with helping down-ballot Democrats in concurrent elections.

Democratic primary

Governor

Campaign

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro ran unopposed and was described as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee by The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Pennsylvania Capital-Star early in the campaign, with the Capital-Star reporting that efforts to recruit a primary challenger to the left of Shapiro (who is considered a progressive by the paper) had failed.[12][13]

Candidates

Nominee
Failed to qualify for ballot access
Declined

Endorsements

Josh Shapiro
U.S. senators
State executives
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals

Results

Democratic primary (governor)[59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Shapiro Unopposed
Total votes1,227,151 100.0%

Lieutenant governor

Democratic nominee Austin Davis

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
Withdrew

Endorsements

Austin Davis
State executives
State legislators
State representatives
Local officials
Labor unions
Newspapers and other media
Organizations
Brian Sims

Results

Results by county

  Davis
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary (lieutenant governor)[77]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAustin Davis 768,141 63.00%
DemocraticBrian Sims305,95925.09%
DemocraticRay Sosa145,22811.91%
Total votes1,219,328 100.0%

Republican primary

In the Republican primary, leading candidates included former Congressman Lou Barletta, Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale, political strategist Charlie Gerow, former U.S. Attorney William McSwain, State Senator Doug Mastriano and former Delaware County Councilmember Dave White.

Several key issues, such as school choice, natural gas exploration in PA, and tax reform, were early themes in the Pennsylvania GOP debates before the primary election,[78] while voting laws in the Commonwealth were a later topic of debate.[79]

Due to his support for overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election and his role in the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, many Republicans expressed concern about Mastriano’s ability to win the general election. As a result, the party encouraged other candidates to drop out to allow for an alternative to Mastriano to gain traction.[80]

On May 12, president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate Jake Corman dropped out and endorsed Barletta.[5] On May 14, former president Donald Trump endorsed Mastriano.[81][82] On May 12, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that former U.S. Representative Melissa Hart would also drop out and endorse Barletta.[6] Mastriano won the primary with almost 44% of the vote, defeating his nearest competitor, Barletta, by over 23 points.

The New York Times reported in mid-June that Mastriano had been aided in the primary by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and Shapiro’s campaign with an ad equating him to Trump. Shapiro defended the move, saying the ad demonstrated the contrast between him and Mastriano as part of the general election campaign. The Times saw it as part of a nationwide strategy to gain easier opponents in November.[83]

Governor

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
Declined

Debates and forums

2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Republican primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
Key:
 P  Participant   N  Non-invitee 
Lou BarlettaJake CormanJoe GaleCharlie GerowMelissa HartDoug MastrianoWilliam McSwainDave White
1Apr 27, 2022ABC 27Dennis Owens
Lisa Sylvester
PNNNNPPP

Endorsements

Lou Barletta
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
  • Rick Santorum, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1995–2007) and candidate for president in 2012 and 2016 (previously endorsed Corman)[121]
U.S. representatives
State officials
State legislators
Organizations
  • Oil and Gas Workers Association[129]
Jake Corman (withdrawn)
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
  • Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1995–2007) and candidate for President in 2012 and 2016 (switched endorsement to Barletta after Corman withdrew)[121]
Charlie Gerow
U.S. representatives
Organizations
  • American Conservative Union[132]
Doug Mastriano
U.S. presidents
Executive branch officials
Local officials
Organizations
Individuals
William McSwain
U.S. senators
Party officials
Jason Richey (withdrawn)
Individuals
Dave White
Executive branch officials
State legislators
Declined to endorse

Polling

Graphical summary
Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Lou
Barletta
Jake
Corman
Doug
Mastriano
William
McSwain
Dave
White
Other
[a]
Margin
Real Clear PoliticsMay 3–16, 2022May 17, 202220.3%2.7%34.3%15.3%9.8%17.6%Mastriano +14.0
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Lou
Barletta
Jake
Corman
Scott
Martin
Doug
Mastriano
William
McSwain
Dave
White
OtherUndecided
The Trafalgar Group (R)May 14–16, 20221,195 (LV)± 2.9%25%37%17%10%6%[c]5%
Emerson CollegeMay 14–15, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%22%2%34%12%9%7%[d]15%
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R)May 12–15, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%15%1%29%18%8%6%[e]24%
May 13, 2022Hart withdraws from the race
May 12, 2022Corman withdraws from the race
The Trafalgar Group (R)May 6–8, 20221,080 (LV)± 3.0%18%5%28%14%15%9%[f]11%
Fox NewsMay 3–7, 20221,001 (LV)± 3.0%17%5%29%13%11%9%[g]15%
Franklin & Marshall CollegeApril 20 – May 1, 2022325 (RV)± 6.9%11%1%20%12%8%11%[h]34%
The Trafalgar Group (R)April 11–13, 20221,074 (LV)± 3.0%19%3%22%17%11%8%[i]19%
Franklin & Marshall CollegeMarch 30 – April 10, 2022317 (RV)± 6.6%10%2%15%12%5%14%[j]40%
Eagle Consulting Group (R)April 7–9, 2022502 (LV)± 4.4%11%19%13%7%6%44%
Emerson CollegeApril 3–4, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%20%4%19%8%12%11%[k]27%
Emerson CollegeMarch 26–28, 2022372 (LV)± 5.0%12%2%16%6%6%8%[l]49%
Fox NewsMarch 2–6, 2022517 (LV)± 4.0%19%6%3%18%11%14%2%[m]25%
The Trafalgar Group (R)February 1–4, 20221,070 (LV)± 3.0%24%5%4%20%4%14%29%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A]November 9–10, 2021648 (LV)± 3.8%14%4%3%18%2%1%4%[n]56%
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R)September 24–30, 2021313 (LV)± 5.6%27%6%0%6%[o]60%
WPA Intelligence (R)[B]May 10–12, 2021826 (LV)± 3.4%16%19%17%[p]49%
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R)February 16–24, 2021272 (LV)± 5.9%20%11%3%8%[q]60%

Results

Results by county

  Mastriano
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Barletta
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  McSwain
  •   30–40%
  White
  •   50–60%
Republican primary (governor)[59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDoug Mastriano 591,240 43.81%
RepublicanLou Barletta273,25220.25%
RepublicanWilliam McSwain212,88615.78%
RepublicanDave White129,0589.56%
RepublicanMelissa Hart (withdrawn)[r]54,7524.06%
RepublicanJoe Gale27,9202.07%
RepublicanJake Corman (withdrawn)[r]26,0911.93%
RepublicanCharlie Gerow17,9221.33%
RepublicanNche Zama16,2381.20%
Total votes1,349,359 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Declined

  • Brandon Flood, former secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons (2019–2021)[158] (endorsed Coleman)

Endorsements

Teddy Daniels
State legislators
Jeff Coleman
U.S. senators
Individuals
  • Brandon Flood, former secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons (2019–2021)[158]
Russ Diamond
Organizations
  • Stand for Health Freedom[161]

Results

  DelRosso
  •   10–20%
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Saccone
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Daniels
  •   10–20%
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   50–60%
  Schillinger
  •   20–30%
  •   40–50%
  Coleman
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Diamond
  •   60–70%
  Brown
  •   20–30%
  •   40–50%
  Frye
  •   20–30%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary (lieutenant governor)[77]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCarrie DelRosso 318,970 25.59%
RepublicanRick Saccone195,77415.71%
RepublicanTeddy Daniels150,93512.11%
RepublicanClarice Schillinger148,44211.91%
RepublicanJeff Coleman126,07210.11%
RepublicanJames Jones113,9669.14%
RepublicanRuss Diamond74,2655.96%
RepublicanJohn Brown59,2674.75%
RepublicanChris Frye58,7524.71%
Total votes1,246,443 100.00%

Libertarian nomination

The Libertarian Party nominees qualified for the general election ballot on August 1.[162][163][164]

Governor

Nominee

  • Matt Hackenburg, aerospace computer engineer[165]

Eliminated in board vote

Withdrew

Lieutenant governor

Nominee

Withdrew

  • Nicole Shultz, auditor of Windsor Township, York County (2022–present) and treasurer of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania (2021–2022) (ran for Governor)[149][167][168][166]

Green convention

The Green Party nominees qualified for the general election ballot on August 1.[162][163][164]

Governor

Nominee

Withdrew

Lieutenant governor

Nominee

Keystone nomination

Governor

Nominee

Withdrew

Lieutenant governor

Nominee

  • Nicole Shultz (Keystone nominee), auditor of Windsor Township, York County (2022–present) and treasurer of the Keystone Party of Pennsylvania (2022–present) (originally ran as a Libertarian for lieutenant governor and later governor)[174][167][178][164]

General election

Campaign

Attorney General Josh Shapiro ran a progressive campaign emphasizing protecting abortion rights, voter rights, and raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. On criminal justice issues, Shapiro promised to sign a bill abolishing the death penalty having previously supported it, but also faced criticism from some left-wing voters for adopting a “tough on crime” image. In addition, he has openly feuded with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.[179]

State Senator Doug Mastriano positioned himself as a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump, promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, defense of Confederate monuments,[180] arming school teachers with firearms,[181] and disobeying COVID-19 safety protocols.[182] Mastriano also drew accusations of antisemitism for using anti-semitic dogwhistles against Shapiro.[8] One of Mastriano’s most vocal supporters was Andrew Torba, the CEO of far-right social media website Gab, a website on which the perpetrator of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting posted before committing the massacre. Torba donated $500 to the Mastriano campaign, and Mastriano himself told the Gab founder in an interview, “Thank god for what you’ve done.”[183]

No debate was held during the general election, as Shapiro and Mastriano were unable to come to an agreement on how to debate.[184] In addition, Mastriano did not release his first general election ads until October, while the more well-funded Shapiro had already spent $18.6 million in television broadcasting by that time.[185] These factors, combined with Mastriano’s refusal to talk to major media outlets and decision to ban journalists from campaign rallies, severely limited his voter outreach.[186]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report[187]Likely DSeptember 29, 2022
Inside Elections[188]Lean DOctober 7, 2022
Sabato’s Crystal Ball[189]Likely DSeptember 28, 2022
Politico[190]Likely DOctober 25, 2022
RCP[191]Lean DNovember 2, 2022
Fox News[192]Likely DNovember 1, 2022
538[193]Solid DOctober 28, 2022
Elections Daily[194]Likely DNovember 7, 2022

Endorsements

Josh Shapiro (D)
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
State officials
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and other media
Individuals
Doug Mastriano (R)
U.S. presidents
Executive branch officials
State officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Declined to endorse
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State officials
State legislators
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Josh
Shapiro (D)
Doug
Mastriano (R)
Other
[s]
Margin
Real Clear PoliticsOctober 24–31, 2022October 31, 202252.6%40.6%6.8%Shapiro +12.0%
FiveThirtyEightJune 10 – October 31, 2022October 28, 202251.5%40.9%7.6%Shapiro +10.7%
Average52.1%40.8%7.2%Shapiro +11.4%
Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Josh
Shapiro (D)
Doug
Mastriano (R)
OtherUndecided
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%53%41%2%[t]4%
Targoz Market ResearchNovember 2–6, 2022631 (LV)± 3.8%52%46%3%[u]
InsiderAdvantage (R)November 3, 2022750 (LV)± 3.6%51%43%3%[v]4%
The Trafalgar Group (R)November 1–3, 20221,097 (LV)± 2.9%50%45%2%3%
Remington Research Group (R)November 1–2, 20221,180 (LV)± 2.8%52%40%3%[w]4%
Marist CollegeOctober 31 – November 2, 20221,152 (RV)± 3.8%54%39%1%[x]7%
1,021 (LV)± 4.0%54%40%5%
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R)October 28 – November 1, 2022700 (LV)± 3.7%52%38%1%[y]9%
Emerson CollegeOctober 28–31, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%50%41%5%[z]5%
53%43%5%[aa]
Suffolk UniversityOctober 27–30, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%52%40%1%[ab]7%
Fox NewsOctober 26–30, 20221,005 (RV)± 3.0%53%37%4%[ac]6%
Big Data PollOctober 27–28, 20221,005 (LV)± 3.1%49%44%4%[ad]4%
co/efficient (R)October 26–28, 20221,716 (LV)± 3.4%51%41%4%[ae]4%
Muhlenberg CollegeOctober 24–28, 2022460 (LV)± 6.0%54%40%2%[af]4%
Wick Insights (R)October 26–27, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.2%49%43%2%[ag]6%
Siena Research/NYTOctober 24–26, 2022620 (LV)± 4.4%53%40%<1%[ah]7%
InsiderAdvantage (R)October 25, 2022750 (LV)± 3.6%50%42%4%[ai]4%
YouGov/CBS NewsOctober 21–24, 20221,084 (LV)± 4.1%54%45%
Franklin & Marshall CollegeOctober 14–23, 2022620 (RV)± 5.3%54%32%6%[aj]10%
384 (LV)± 6.8%58%36%
Rasmussen Reports (R)October 19–20, 2022972 (LV)± 3.0%43%40%6%[ak]10%
Echelon InsightsOctober 18–20, 2022500 (LV)± 4.8%50%38%3%[al]8%
InsiderAdvantage (R)October 19, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%49%42%3%[am]6%
CNN/SSRSOctober 13–17, 2022901 (RV)± 4.1%56%39%5%[an]
703 (LV)± 4.6%56%41%2%[ao]
Wick InsightsOctober 8–14, 20221,013 (LV)± 3.1%49%46%2%[ap]3%
Patriot PollingOctober 10–12, 2022857 (RV)50%45%5%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)October 4–12, 20221,400 (LV)± 4.4%53%42%1%[aq]4%
The Trafalgar Group (R)[C]October 8–11, 20221,078 (LV)± 2.9%53%44%1%[ar]2%
Monmouth UniversitySeptember 29 – October 3, 2022610 (RV)± 4.8%54%38%8%
Suffolk UniversitySeptember 27–30, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%48%37%2%[as]13%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 23–26, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%51%41%2%[at]7%
Fox NewsSeptember 19–25, 20221,008 (RV)± 3%51%40%9%
Franklin & Marshall CollegeSeptember 19–25, 2022517 (RV)± 5.6%51%37%12%
InsiderAdvantage (R)September 23–24, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%52%37%4%[au]7%
Marist CollegeSeptember 19–22, 20221,242 (RV)± 3.5%53%40%<1%[av]6%
1,043 (LV)± 3.8%54%42%4%
The Phillips Academy PollSeptember 16–19, 2022759 (RV)± 3.6%46%43%12%
Muhlenberg CollegeSeptember 13–16, 2022420 (LV)± 6.0%53%42%1%[aw]3%
The Trafalgar Group (R)September 13–15, 20221,078 (LV)± 2.9%47%45%4%[ax]3%
Monmouth UniversitySeptember 8–12, 2022605 (RV)± 4.0%54%36%
YouGov/CBS NewsSeptember 6–12, 20221,188 (LV)± 3.8%55%44%1%
RABA ResearchAugust 31 – September 3, 2022679 (LV)± 3.8%47%41%4%[ay]9%
Survey Monkey (D)[D]August 31 – September 1, 20221,012 (RV)± 3.0%53%32%15%
616 (LV)± 3.0%56%35%9%
Emerson CollegeAugust 22–23, 20221,034 (LV)± 3.0%47%44%3%6%
Franklin & Marshall CollegeAugust 15–21, 2022522 (RV)± 5.3%48%36%4%[az]12%
The Trafalgar Group (R)August 15–18, 20221,096 (LV)± 2.9%49%45%2%[ba]5%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)August 7–10, 2022600 (RV)± 4.0%51%37%11%
Fox NewsJuly 22–26, 2022908 (RV)± 3.0%50%40%1%8%
Blueprint Polling (D)July 19–21, 2022712 (LV)± 3.7%51%39%10%
Beacon Research (D)[E]July 5–20, 20221,012 (RV)± 3.1%49%35%1%12%
609 (LV)± 4.0%52%39%1%7%
Global Strategy Group (D)[F]July 14–19, 20221,200 (LV)± 2.9%50%42%7%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)June 12–19, 20221,382 (LV)± 4.4%49%46%5%
Cygnal (R)June 16–17, 2022535 (LV)± 4.2%48%45%7%
Suffolk UniversityJune 10–13, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%44%40%3%[bb]13%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R)May 12–18, 2022600 (RV)± 4.6%47%45%8%

Results

2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election[317]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic

3,031,137 56.49% -1.28%
Republican2,238,47741.71%+1.01%
Libertarian
  • Matt Hackenburg
  • Tim McMaster
51,6110.96%-0.02%
Green
  • Christina DiGiulio
  • Michael Bagdes-Canning
24,4360.46%-0.09%
Keystone
  • Joe Soloski
  • Nicole Shultz
20,5180.38%N/A
Total votes5,366,179 100.0% N/A
Turnout60.53%
Registered electors8,864,831
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Shapiro won 11 of 17 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.[318][unreliable source?]

DistrictShapiroMastrianoRepresentative
1st59%39%Brian Fitzpatrick
2nd76%22%Brendan Boyle
3rd92%6%Dwight Evans
4th66%32%Madeleine Dean
5th70%28%Mary Gay Scanlon
6th61%37%Chrissy Houlahan
7th55%43%Susan Wild
8th54%44%Matt Cartwright
9th38%59%Dan Meuser
10th55%43%Scott Perry
11th46%52%Lloyd Smucker
12th68%30%Mike Doyle (117th Congress)
Summer Lee (118th Congress)
13th34%64%John Joyce
14th44%55%Guy Reschenthaler
15th38%60%Glenn Thompson
16th48%50%Mike Kelly
17th62%36%Conor Lamb (117th Congress)
Chris Deluzio (118th Congress)

Analysis

Josh Shapiro defeated Doug Mastriano by 14.8%. While this marked a 2.73% Republican swing from 2018, it was still 13.18% larger than Joe Biden‘s win in the presidential race in Pennsylvania two years earlier, and 9.86% larger than Shapiro’s reelection for Attorney General that same year. All counties in the Keystone State voted the exact same way they did in 2018, with Shapiro doing best in heavily populated Southeastern Pennsylvania, which is made up of Philadelphia and its suburbs, Berks County (Reading), the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton), the Wyoming Valley (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Hazleton), the Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg and Carlisle), Erie County in the northwest corner, and finally, Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest.

Doug Mastriano, meanwhile, piled up large margins in Pennsylvania’s rural counties, but also won some populous places located in the western part of the state, like Butler, Washington, and Westmoreland counties near Pittsburgh. However, Mastriano significantly underperformed President Donald Trump’s margins in the 2020 Presidential election in some of those counties; Westmoreland County, for example, voted for Trump by 28 points in 2020, but only backed Mastriano by 6 points in 2022. A similar leftward shift happened in neighboring Washington County, with Shapiro only losing the county by 2 points despite Joe Biden losing the county by over 20 points 2 years earlier. Mastriano also carried Lancaster, including the counties contained either fully or partially within his State Senate district, namely Adams, Franklin and York. Except for Adams and Franklin counties, Lancaster and York were once again carried by single digits by the Republican gubernatorial candidate just like 2018, as Mastriano’s extremist views likely turned off moderate independents and Republicans in these areas.[citation needed]

Southeastern Pennsylvania, a strong Democratic area during elections, shifted more Democratic. This region, with strongly Democratic Philadelphia, anchored by its suburbs, has become a Democratic stronghold in elections, winning all Delaware Valley counties. Southeastern Pennsylvania piled up large margins in its suburbs. Its electorate is highly educated, affluent, and diverse. In addition to the region’s strong Democratic tilt, abortion rights were a significant campaign issue among voters. According to CNN polling data,[319] 62% of Pennsylvania voters believed abortion should be legal, and those voters broke for Shapiro by a landslide margin of 81%–18%. College-educated voters, who made up 41% of the electorate, also voted heavily for Shapiro by a 64%–35% margin. According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023, Shapiro won independent voters by double-digit margins, which contributed to Mastriano’s defeat.[320]

Voter demographics

Voter demographic data for 2022 was collected by CNN. The voter survey is based on exit polls completed by 2,657 voters in person as well as by phone.[319]

2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election voter demographics (CNN)[319]
Demographic subgroupShapiroMastriano% of
total vote
Ideology
Liberals94425
Moderates712841
Conservatives138634
Party
Democrats96337
Republicans168340
Independents643324
Gender
Men485049
Women633751
Marital status
Married475264
Unmarried653336
Gender by marital status
Married men495036
Married women554429
Unmarried men534314
Unmarried women732721
Race/ethnicity
White504881
Black9288
Latino72258
White voters by gender
White men435541
White women584241
Age
18–24 years old72257
25–29 years old69315
30–39 years old643413
40–49 years old554411
50–64 years old514929
65 and older514734
2020 presidential vote
Biden96348
Trump158445
First time midterm election voter
Yes663012
No544588
Education
Never attended college415924
Some college education593821
Associate degree544414
Bachelor’s degree584123
Advanced degree722718
Education by race
White college graduates623735
White no college degree435647
Non-white college graduates76236
Non-white no college degree821712
Education by gender/race
White women with college degrees693017
White women without college degrees504924
White men with college degrees554418
White men without college degrees356323
Non-white801919
Issue regarded as most important
Crime554211
Abortion801937
Inflation336628
Feelings about Roe v. Wade being overturned
Enthusiastic/satisfied148438
Dissatisfied/angry841559
Abortion should be
Legal811862
Illegal168334

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Gerow with 4%; Gale with 3%
  4. ^ Gerow with 3%; Hart with 2%; Gale and Zama with 1%
  5. ^ Gerow with 3%; Hart, Gale, and “Other” with 1%; Zama with 0%
  6. ^ Hart with 4%, Gale with 3%, Gerow with 2%
  7. ^ Hart with 4%; Gale with 2%; Gerow, Zama, and “Other” (volunteered response) with 1%
  8. ^ “Someone else” with 5%; Hart and Zama with 2%; Gale and Gerow with 1%
  9. ^ Hart with 4%, Gale and Zama with 2%, Gerow with 1%
  10. ^ “Someone else” with 7%, Gale and Hart with 3%, Gerow with 1%, Zama with 0%
  11. ^ Gale, Gerow, and Hart with 3%; Zama with 2%
  12. ^ Gale and Hart with 3%; Gerow with 2%; Zama with 0%
  13. ^ Zama and “Other” (volunteered response) with 1%
  14. ^ Gale with 3%; Richley with 1%
  15. ^ “None/other” with 4%; Gale and Richey with 1%; Ciarrocchi, Gerow, Laughlin, and Zama with 0%
  16. ^ “Someone else” with 10%; “Other” with 7%
  17. ^ Meuser with 3%, Cawley with 2%, “None/other” with 1%; Gale and Richey with 1%
  18. ^ a b Withdrew after deadline, remained on ballot
  19. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  20. ^ “Some other candidate” with 2%
  21. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 1%; “All others” with 2%
  22. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%; “Someone else” with 1%
  23. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%; DiGiulio (G) with 1%
  24. ^ “Another party’s candidate” with 1%
  25. ^ “Other” with 1%; “Refuse” with <1%
  26. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%; DiGiulio (G) with 2%; Soloski (K) with <1%; “Someone else” with 1%
  27. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%; DiGiulio (G) with 2%; Soloski (K) with <1%; “Someone else” with 1%
  28. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 1%; Soloski (K) with 1%; DiGuilio (G) with <1%
  29. ^ “Other” with 2%; “Wouldn’t vote” with 2%
  30. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%, Soloski (K) with 1%, Digiulio (G) with 1%
  31. ^ “Someone else” with 4%
  32. ^ “Neither/Other” with 2%
  33. ^ “someone else” with 2%
  34. ^ Hackenburg (L) with <1%; Digiulio (G) with <1%; Soloski (K) with <1%
  35. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 3%, “someone else” with 1%
  36. ^ “Some other candidate” with 3%; Hackenburg (L) with 2%; “Not going to vote” with 1%
  37. ^ “Some other candidate” with 6%
  38. ^ DiGuilo (G), Hackenburg (L) and Soloski (K) with 1%
  39. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%; “Someone else” with 1%
  40. ^ “Neither” with 4%; “Other” with 1%
  41. ^ “Neither” with 1%; “Other” with 1%
  42. ^ “Someone else” with 2%
  43. ^ “Other” with 1%
  44. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 1%; “Other” with <1%
  45. ^ DiGuilo (G) and Hackenburg (L) with 1%; Soloski (K) with <1%
  46. ^ “Someone else” with 2%
  47. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 3%; “Someone else” with 1%
  48. ^ “Another party’s candidate” with <1%
  49. ^ “Neither/Other” with 1%
  50. ^ Hackenburg (L) and “Other” with 2%
  51. ^ “Someone else” with 4%
  52. ^ Hackenburg (L) with 2%; DiGiulio (G) and “Some other candidate” with 1%; Soloski (K) with 0%
  53. ^ Hackenburg (L) and “Other” with 1%
  54. ^ DiGuilo (G) and Hackenburg (L) with 1%; Soloski (K) and “someone else” with <1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by the Democratic Governors Association
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Club for Growth Action
  3. ^ This poll was sponsored by The Daily Wire.
  4. ^ This poll was sponsored by Center Street PAC, which opposes Mastriano.
  5. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Environmental Voter Project.
  6. ^ This poll was sponsored by EDF Action and NRDC Action Fund.

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Official campaign websites for gubernatorial candidates
Official campaign websites for lieutenant gubernatorial candidates