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Poll: Portman has slight edge in U.S. Senate race
Republican Rob Portman has a slight edge over both Democratic candidates- Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher - among voters in the U.S. Senate race in a poll released on Wednesday, March 24.
The major finding from the poll from Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C., however, was that voters don’t know much about any of the major candidates in the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, who is retiring.
About two-thirds - 66 percent - don’t know enough about Portman, a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member and budget director and U.S. trade representative for President George W. Bush, to have an opinion about him..
Sixty two percent said the same thing for Brunner and 55 percent weren’t sure what to think of Fisher.
In the matchups, Portman leads Brunner, 38-37 percent, a virtual tie, and is ahead of Fisher, 41-36 percent.
A key to the race may be how voters feel about Democratic President Barack Obama and that’s not good for Democrats. Fifty-three percent disapprove of the president’s job performance while just 40 percent give Obama good marks.
“None of the candidates in Ohio is really standing out right now,” Dean Debnam, Public Policy Polling president, said in a press release.
“But if Barack Obama’s numbers in the state remain this low it’s not likely to elect a Democratic senator this year. His popularity could be the deciding factor in the race.”
The poll was taken Saturday, March 20, and Sunday, March 21, with 630 voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.
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March 26, 2010 10:27 AM | Link to this
Lordy! Lordy! why does that bunch of “REPUBLI CAN’TS” keep putting these RETREADS like Portman Before the public. We had our fill of Portman under G. W. Bush and that gang.
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