More than half of Pennsylvania voters in a new poll want Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to leave the Democratic Party.  

Fetterman's approval rating, at 48 percent, was above water in Quinnipiac University data. But 52 percent of respondents said they'd like to see him depart the party amid speculation that Republicans have been wooing the famously centrist Democrat. 

The share of voters who want him to switch sides includes 57 percent of Democrats, 55 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of independents.  

"The Democrats would like to show him the door. The Republicans seem to be welcoming him in. Thus is the political irony of Senator John Fetterman," Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a release.  

Since winning the Senate seat long held by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.) back in 2022, Fetterman has often voted with Republicans on Capitol Hill and has been critical of his party at points.  

But he has rejected speculation that he's planning to leave the Democratic tent.

"I'd be a terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats," he wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post in May.

He told NewsNation in March that his popularity among Republicans was "confusing."

On Wednesday, he said he has "no plans" to change his party affiliation, though he acknowledged that he could one day be pushed over the line.

"If our party ever becomes — and just makes it official — the anti-Israel party, that's when I would leave because that's been a moral clarity for me," he said during an interview at the Hill Nation Summit in Washington.

Meanwhile, the Quinnipiac polling found Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro with a 13-point advantage over Republican challenger Stacy Garrity in this year's midterm race, a narrowing of the race since the incumbent held an 18-point lead in February.  

"Still one of the country's most popular governors, Josh Shapiro benefits by his opponent Stacy Garrity's greatest obstacle: people don't know much about her," Malloy said.  

More than half of voters in the poll, 56 percent, said they approved of the way Shapiro is handling his job as governor, compared to 34 percent who disapproved.

Meanwhile, President Trump's approval rating in Pennsylvania was 19 points underwater, with just 39 percent feeling satisfied with his job handling and 58 percent disapproving.

Conducted July 9-13, the poll surveyed 895 registered Pennsylvania voters and had a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.  

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