New Ohio Poll

A new Ohio Poll out today from the University of Cincinnati shows Democrat Ted Strickland leading Republican Ken Blackwell, 50 to 44 percent among registered voters.

As always, the other numbers and cross-tabs are interesting too.

Some highlights:

- Both men have good name recognition statewide: Blackwell 92 percent and Strickland 79 percent.

- Blackwell does better with younger voters, while Strickland wins among old folks.

- Blacks prefer Strickland 55 percent to 32 percent, though the sample size there is probably too small to be meaningful.

- Independents prefer Strickland, 46 to 27 percent.

- Blackwell's best region? Right here in Southwest Ohio, where he leads Strickland 53 percent to 42 percent. Strickland's best region: No surprise - Southeast Ohio - which Strickland has represented in Congress for more than a decade. He's crushing Blackwell there, 80 to 20.

Read the full poll results here.