OHIO SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday, January 3, 2006

 

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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

See Cross Tabs for this question

 

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

See Cross Tabs for this question

 

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

See Cross Tabs for this question

 

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

See Cross Tabs for this question

 

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

See Cross Tabs for this question

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 Party – Ideology

Crosstabs by Age

Crosstabs by Income

Crosstabs by Employment

Crosstabs by Religious Affiliation

Crosstabs by Priority in Iraq

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.