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Quinnipiac poll: Portman retains big lead over Fisher in Senate race
Republican Rob Portman continues to hold a big lead over Democrat Lee Fisher in the U.S. Senate race among likely voters, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
Portman leads 55-36 percent in the new poll, about the same as the 55-35 percent lead he had in a Sept. 17 poll.
Fisher’s inability to gain ground contrasts with the results of a new Quinnipiac poll in the governor’s race released on Tuesday.
In that poll, Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland cut Republican challenger John Kasich’s lead nearly in half. In the new poll, Kasich led 50-41 percent, compared to a 54-37 percent lead in a Sept. 16 Quinnipiac poll.
In the new Senate poll, Portman, a former Cincinnati-area Congressman who served as budget director and trade representative under President George W. Bush, leads 67-25 percent among independent voters.
Fisher, the lieutenant governor, has a small lead among women, 47-43 percent, but Portman overwhelms Fisher among men, 63-30 percent.
“The fact that Fisher hasn’t been able to make up any ground since the last Quinnipiac University poll is a bad omen for his ability to make this a close race,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release.
The poll also finds that by a 44-33 percent margin likely voters want the GOP to take control of the Senate in the November elections. Also, likely voters, by a 54-39 percent spread, want their senator to oppose Democratic President Barack Obama’s polices.
The poll was taken Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 3 with 1,025 likely voters across the state and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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By deano
October 8, 2010 8:21 AM | Link to this
I don’t want that recycled BUSH BABY working for me like he did last go around. NO MORE PORTMANS FOR DEANO.
By Squirrellygirl
October 6, 2010 10:59 AM | Link to this
Is anything being done to protect our voting system? Brunner refused to investigate over 200,000 fraud votes last presidential election. How do we know that Mickey Mouse isn’t voting this year, or my dead grandparents? How can we stop it when our own reps won’t do their jobs? We need to replace Strickland and the other progressives with people who won’t waste our tax money or pass job killing bills. We need hc repealed/unfunded. Stop Obama’s socialist agenda! We need secure borders, strong national defense, cut taxes and govt spending. Keep the federal govt out of our private business. Deregulate where ever possible. No more taxes from this progressive wasteful administration! Vote!
By Squirrellygirl
October 6, 2010 10:57 AM | Link to this
Is anything being done to protect our voting system? Brunner refused to investigate over 200,000 fraud votes last presidential election. How do we know that Mickey Mouse isn’t voting this year, or my dead grandparents? How can we stop it when our own reps won’t do their jobs? We need to replace Strickland and the other progressives with people who won’t waste our tax money or pass job killing bills. We need hc repealed/unfunded. Stop Obama’s socialist agenda! We need secure borders, strong national defense, cut taxes and govt spending. Keep the federal govt out of our private business. Deregulate where ever possible. No more taxes from this progressive wasteful administration!
By Squirrellygirl
October 6, 2010 10:57 AM | Link to this
Is anything being done to protect our voting system? Brunner refused to investigate over 200,000 fraud votes last presidential election. How do we know that Mickey Mouse isn’t voting this year, or my dead grandparents? How can we stop it when our own reps won’t do their jobs? We need to replace Strickland and the other progressives with people who won’t waste our tax money or pass job killing bills. We need hc repealed/unfunded. Stop Obama’s socialist agenda! We need secure borders, strong national defense, cut taxes and govt spending. Keep the federal govt out of our private business. Deregulate where ever possible. No more taxes from this progressive wasteful administration! Vote!
By Adam
October 6, 2010 10:35 AM | Link to this
I’m for Portman as Im for less government and lower taxes, but I sure hope he doesn’t shove all the pro life, pro family value garbage down our throats. KEEP RELIGION PRIVATE, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!!!
By Adam
October 6, 2010 10:33 AM | Link to this
I’m for Portman as Im for less government and lower taxes, but I sure hope he doesn’t shove all the pro life, pro family value garbage down our throats. KEEP RELIGION PRIVATE, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!!!
By Alex
October 6, 2010 10:23 AM | Link to this
I find it incredibly odd that guys like Dr. Pryce and the constitutional candidate aren’t even listed. How can you truly understand the full scope of what the American people want when you don’t look at everyone who is getting votes.
By Dave
October 6, 2010 9:33 AM | Link to this
The whole key is in the term, “likely voters”. How you define that term can skew a poll incredibly.