Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Senate Poll

• Sherrod Brown (D) 46% (47%) {44%} [43%] (44%)
  
• Josh Mandel (R) 42% (42%) {41%} [43%] (40%)
• Some other candidate 4% (3%) {3%} [3%] (4%)
• Undecided 8% (7%) {12%} [11%] (12%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted July 18, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted May 29, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 18, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 26, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

The incumbent is viewed very favorably by 19% of Ohio voters and very unfavorably by 30%, up 11 points from May. Seventeen percent (17%) share a very favorable opinion of Mandel, a seven-point increase from the previous survey, while 22% regard him very unfavorably.