OHIO SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
1* Suppose that, in the General Election to select Ohio’s next Governor, Republicans nominate Ken Blackwell and Democrats nominate Ted Strickland. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Ken Blackwell or for Democrat Ted Strickland?
40% Blackwell
44% Strickland
5% some other candidate
12% not sure
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2* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Jim Petro? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Petro or for Democrat Ted Strickland?
38% Petro
43% Strickland
5% some other candidate
14% not sure
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3* OK… what if the Republicans nominate Betty Montgomery? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Betty Montgomery or for Democrat Ted Strickland?
33% Montgomery
49% Strickland
7% some other candidate
12% not sure
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4* Suppose that, in the General Election to select Ohio’s next United States Senator, Republicans nominate Mike DeWine and Democrats nominate Paul Hackett. If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Mike DeWine or for Democrat Paul Hackett?
43% DeWine
39% Hackett
6% some other candidate
12% not sure
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5* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Sherrod Brown? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mike DeWine or for Democrat Sherrod Brown?
45% DeWine
40% Brown
5% some other candidate
10% not sure
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6* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Strickland |
Blackwell |
Montgomery |
Petro |
|
Very favorable |
17% |
21% |
15% |
13% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
37% |
28% |
30% |
35% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
20% |
20% |
27% |
20% |
|
Very unfavorable |
8% |
18% |
15% |
18% |
|
Not sure |
19% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
7* Okay…how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
22% excellent
15% good
22% fair
41% poor
1% not sure
8* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
24% excellent
19% good
14% fair
43% poor
0% not sure
9* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
32% strongly approve
18% somewhat approve
10% somewhat disapprove
40% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
10* How would you rate the job Bob Taft has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
4% strongly approve
17% somewhat approve
24% somewhat disapprove
53% strongly disapprove
2% not sure
Additional Cross Tabs information
Crosstabs by Gender – Married – Children at Home
Crosstabs by Religious Affiliation
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.