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Monday, August 28, 2006

New poll shows Strickland up 25 points

From the Strickland campaign:

Columbus, Ohio - Ohio gubernatorial candidate Congressman Ted Strickland has extended his lead to 25 points over Republican nominee Ken Blackwell in an independent poll released this week.

Strickland's 57% to 32% lead in the new Rasmussen Reports poll is consistent with two recent non-partisan, independent polls which also indicate Strickland holds at least a 20-point lead over his opponent. An August SurveyUSA poll showed Strickland leading Blackwell by 22 points, 57 % to 35%. A Columbus Dispatch poll, conducted in July, also showed Strickland with a 20-point lead over his opponent, 47% to 27%.

"There is a hunger for change in Ohio and a strong distaste for Mr. Blackwell's divisive and negative politics," said Strickland Press Secretary Keith Dailey.

Republican voters continue to move away from Blackwell, as evidenced by his 59% support among Ohio Republican voters. Strickland, according to Rasmussen reports, "appeals to 88% of Democrats, and 55% of unaffiliated voters."

Rasmussen also notes the candidates' favorability ratings: "Blackwell is viewed unfavorably by 55%. More ominously, 35% view him “very” unfavorably, a four-point increase since last month."

Blackwell is viewed favorably by only 40% of survey respondents. By contrast, Strickland's favorability rating is 59%.

Rasmussen Reports is an independent public opinion polling and research firm that will be polling every U.S. Senate and Governors' race once per month throughout the year. The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted on August 22, 2006.

According to the Web site, Rasmussen Reports was the nation's only polling organization "to project both Bush and Kerry’s vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome" during the Presidential election.

For more information please visit: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/August%202006/ohioGovernor.htm


6 Comments:

at 5:15 PM, August 28, 2006 Blogger Nasty, Brutish & Short said...

Oh for Pete's sake, Zogby/Wall Street Journal have a poll out today that says Strickland's only up by 9 points.

 
at 7:49 PM, August 28, 2006 Blogger Modern Esquire said...

So that would be two polls showing Blackwell's support dropping and Strickland's support gaining. And two polls showing the race beyond the margins of error.

Yeah, I wouldn't brag about the Zogby poll too much... It shows Blackwell's support dropping only 75 days until the election.

 
at 10:02 PM, August 28, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

why is this not in the newspaper - political history is being made and will it even be ithe enquirer or maybe buried deep where it doesn't matter - or worse yet, lan article laced with bs and demeaning attacks with well placed quotes from the opposition.

history has just been made and the enq refuses to give it the prominence it deserves -- front page, top of the fold!!!!

 
at 11:00 PM, August 28, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

"History" isn't made by speculation or pre-election polls. It will be made when the votes are cast, and by then the tables will be turned. Not too many people are paying much attention to Nov. 7 yet. In the coming months they'll see that Strickland is like a como of the worst of Ted Kennedy and Bob Taft, and Blackwell will become favored.

 
at 12:46 AM, August 29, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Enquirer - print the Rasmussen -

the QCC folks really do have BLUE ink pens - ready to write Strickland for Governor -

They just needed to be sure!

 
at 7:21 AM, August 29, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you prefer to have our state be led by another corrupt Republican politician then J. Kenneth Blackwell is your man.

The question is will Blackwell's vested interest in Diebold voting machines corrupt yet another election in the state of Ohio?

BTW...isn't Blackwell running on a platform of "God and morality"? What a joke!

 
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