Quinnipiac poll

UPDATE, 1:15 p.m.: Comments of Clay Richards, assistant director of Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, and Bill DeWeese added. 

Deputy House Speaker Josh Shapiro (D-Montgomery County) called for House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese (D-Greene County) to step down Monday.

According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, he has the public's overwhelming support.

The poll, released Tuesday, shows 51 percent of voters think DeWeese should resign from his leadership post after the "Bonusgate" charges were announced in early July. Just 11 percent  think he should stay, the poll reported.