A majority of Pennsylvania voters back Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) job performance, according to a new poll.

In the Quinnipiac University poll, 60 percent of respondents said they back “the way Josh Shapiro is handling his job as governor,” while 28 percent said the opposite. Back in January 2024, Shapiro’s approval rating was 59 percent, while 23 percent did not back his job performance.

Shapiro, whose national profile has grown in recent years, was a contender to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate during her 2024 bid for the presidency. He also is considered a likely candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.

The Pennsylvania governor recently took a swing at Harris in the wake of her revealing in her new book “107 Days” her reason for not selecting Shapiro.

Pennsylvania has also become a key swing state in recent elections, with former President Biden picking it up in 2020 and President Trump picking it up in 2024.

In his response to President Trump’s election victory, Shapiro said Pennsylvania “once again held a free, fair, safe and secure election.” 

“As I have always said, the will of the people must be respected and the people of Pennsylvania have spoken, electing Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States along with other Republicans and Democrats for state and federal offices on the same ballot,” he added at the time.

In the Quinnipiac poll, 58 percent of respondents said they viewed Shapiro in a favorable light, while 28 percent said they viewed him unfavorably.

The Quinnipiac poll took place from Sep. 25 to 29, featuring 1,579 people and 3.3 percentage points as its margin of sampling error.