Ohio Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: January 3, 2006
Suppose that, in the General Election to select Ohio’s next Governor,
Republicans nominate Jim Petro and Democrats nominate Ted Strickland.
If the election for Governor were held today,
would you vote for Republican Jim Petro or for Democrat Ted Strickland?
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	Total	Party			Ideology				Gender
	All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conser've	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Men	Women
Petro	38%	73%	4%	28%	59%	28%	17%	29%	43%	32%
Strickland	43%	16%	79%	35%	26%	49%	64%	45%	44%	42%
Other	5%	3%	6%	8%	5%	6%	4%	6%	6%	5%
Not Sure	14%	7%	11%	30%	10%	17%	14%	21%	8%	21%
	Total	Age					Religious Affiliation
	All Voters	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Evangelical Christian	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Petro	38%	56%	28%	46%	28%	34%	53%	39%	45%	20%
Strickland	43%	31%	43%	37%	53%	48%	32%	43%	44%	49%
Other	5%	3%	11%	2%	5%	7%	4%	6%	3%	7%
Not Sure	14%	10%	18%	15%	15%	12%	11%	12%	8%	24%
	Total	Married		Children at Home		Income
	All Voters	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure
Petro	38%	36%	40%	42%	36%	41%	44%	42%	35%	28%	43%	22%
Strickland	43%	46%	39%	34%	47%	39%	44%	34%	50%	50%	43%	51%
Other	5%	5%	5%	10%	3%	8%	2%	7%	6%	7%	2%	1%
Not Sure	14%	13%	16%	15%	14%	13%	10%	18%	9%	14%	12%	25%
	Total	Employment					Bush Approval
	All Voters	Gov't	Entrep'eur	Pvt Sector	Retired	Other	Strongly Approve	Somewhat Approve	Somewhat Disapprove	Strongly Disapprove	Not Sure
Petro	38%	23%	52%	46%	34%	28%	70%	61%	17%	7%	42%
Strickland	43%	55%	41%	35%	50%	45%	17%	12%	50%	76%	22%
Other	5%	8%	3%	6%	5%	4%	4%	7%	15%	3%	0%
Not Sure	14%	14%	4%	13%	12%	22%	10%	20%	19%	14%	36%
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