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2nd Poll shows tight U.S. Senate race
A second poll shows Ohio’s U.S. Senate race between Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher to be a virtual tossup among likely voters, but the PPP Public Policy Polling survey showed Fisher, the lieutenant governor, gaining some momentum.
The poll from the Raleigh, N.C., firm, released on Wednesday, June 30, showed Fisher leading 40-38 with a plus or minus 4.5 percent margin of error. Portman led Fisher 41-36 percent in March.
Earlier in the week, a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters showed Fisher leading Portman, a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member and budget director and trade representative for President George W. Bush, 40-38 percent, with a plus or minus 3 percent margin of error.
The PPP poll, like the Quinnipiac survey, showed Fisher and Portman remain relatively unknown. 45 percent didn’t know enough about Fisher to form and opinion and 53 percent said the same for Portman.
One problem for Portman, the poll found, is that voters said they had more faith in Columbus politicians - Fisher’s group - to deal with Ohio’s problems than they do with Washington politicians, a group that Democrats have been trying to put Portman in.
However, the poll found that just 42 percent of voters approve President Barack Obama’s performance while 54 percent disapprove - a finding that could rub off negatively on Fisher.
The poll was taken Saturday, June 26, to Sunday, June 27, with 482 likely voters, with the plus or minus 4.5 percent margin of error.
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