Poll Watch: PPP (D) Ohio Political Survey

PPP (D) Ohio Political Survey

GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

• John Kasich (R) 49% {50%} [43%] (42%)
• Ted Strickland (D) 48% {40%} [41%] (37%)

Among Men

• John Kasich (R) 53%
• Ted Strickland (D) 44%

Among Women

• Ted Strickland (D) 51%
• John Kasich (R) 46%

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Ted Strickland’s job performance?

• Approve 41% {34%} [37%] (33%)
• Disapprove 50% {52%} [48%] (47%)

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of John Kasich?

• Favorable 43% {33%} [28%] (25%)
• Unfavorable 42% {33%} [30%] (24%)

SENATORIAL ELECTION

• Rob Portman (R) 57% {45%} [38%] (41%)
• Lee Fisher (D) 39% {38%} [40%] (36%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rob Portman 50% {29%} [22%] (16%) / 25% {28%} [25%] (19%) {+25%}
• Lee Fisher 30% {24%} [28%] (22%) / 46% {32%} [27%] (24%) {-16%}

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Sherrod Brown's job performance?

• Approve 31% {33%}
• Disapprove 40% {36%}

Would you like John Boehner to be the next Speaker of the House?

• Yes 36%
• No 34%

Among Republicans

• Yes 65%
• No 9%

Among Independents

• Yes 37%
• No 34%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance?

• Approve 38% {41%} [42%] (40%)
• Disapprove 55% {54%} [54%] (53%)

Survey of 1,356 likely voters was conducted October 28-30, 2010.  The margin of error is +/- 2.7 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 43% {40%} [44%] Democrat; 37% {40%} [38%] Republican; 20% {20%} [18%] Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 43% {40%} [37%] Conservative; 40% {44%} [45%] Moderate; 17% {16%} [18%] Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted August 27-29, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 26-27, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 20-21, 2010 are in parentheses.