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Rasmussen Poll: Governor’s race toss-up; Senate race a GOP blowout
A new Rasmussen Reports poll released on Wednesday finds Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland nearly even with Republican challenger John Kasich among likely voters, with Kasich ahead, 48-45 percent.
In the poll, 3 percent favor another candidate and 4 percent are undecided. Rasmussen Reports has moved the race from “Leans GOP” to a “Toss-Up.”
Ohio’s U.S. Senate race continues to be a GOP blowout, however, with Republican Rob Portman, the former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member and top aide to President George W. Bush, leading Democrat Lee Fisher, the lieutenant governor, 57-34 percent.
The governor’s race is the closest it’s been in a Rasmussen Reports poll since early August and the fifth consecutive poll to show Kasich’s support at between 47 percent and 50 percent.
For Strickland, it’s his strongest showing since May. Two weeks ago, Kasich led by 8 percent.
Strickland, who like many Democrats considers Rasmussen Reports pro-GOP, was pleased with the results.
“That means I’m probably 20 points ahead,” he said after a campaign event in Columbus.
The poll was taken on Monday, Oct. 11, with 750 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
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By mary
October 23, 2010 6:09 AM | Link to this
Pete it sounds like you dont believe americans can take care of themselves. I assure you that their is nothing that americans want that americans cannot produce. If you really think Americans are worthless, and would even question the ability of americas ability, then maybe you should move to china.Youre father would be ashame, Im sure he took care of you and your mother while living and working in america.
By wake up
October 23, 2010 5:59 AM | Link to this
When america was at its strongest, we made all our own products, and everyone in america benefitted. Importing and exporting goods is great for an economy, but exporting jobs is not, this is something repubs wont tell you because companies get rich when we export jobs. And thats what repubs are all about. Think about this, if china or japan were to attack us now, they not even have there own technology, but they now have now stole americas technology(because there are no patent laws overseas). So america would be attacked with their own technology. This is the scary truth repubs dont tell you, because they benefit when the rich and big corps benefit. Make your own decision, but atleast look at what youre voting for.
By pete
October 21, 2010 1:01 AM | Link to this
I havent heard such ill-informed “sucking sound” rhetoric since that idiot Ross Perot instilled a panic in (uneducated) America. Study your economics, people. Read some arguments about comparative advantage, the economics of free trade and the devastating consequences of trade war talk. Would you like to get crushed into a third world country? Keep talking anti-NAFTA, then anti-China, and soon you will have a trade war on your hands that will make the war on terror look like a schoolyard scuffle.
By jon/ny
October 15, 2010 7:26 AM | Link to this
I see in the Comments The DEMON Robots like JD and BENGALSIN2010 who Can’t think of anything to say on their own,so they repeat the lies and half truths being told about Kasich by the Freedom hating Demoncrat party.What a bunch of MAROONS.go watch TV so you’ll know what Lies to Spew in the next column. Run your Mouths Demon’s It’s Over.
By wake up
October 15, 2010 4:34 AM | Link to this
Hey Dale, Clinton signed NAFTA into law and as a democrat I too was against it. However the facts are that this was enacted to help americas neighboring countries, and canada is in no way a third world country, mexico is poor but not like the countries repubs sent our jobs too. To date dems have sent jobs to canada and mexico. Repubs have sent our jobs to china, honduras, brazil, India,the Czech Republic, the dominican republic,Zimbabwe,Vietnam,Uruguay, Ukraine,Turkey,Taiwan,Singapore,Russia, Philippines,Peru,Panama,Pakistan,Oman,,Nicaragua,Morocco,Mongolia,Malaysia,Madagascar, Lebanon,Korea,Jordan, Israel,Guatemala,El Salvador,Costa Rica,Colombia, chile,Bahrain. So who you think is worst?
By karon
October 14, 2010 4:06 PM | Link to this
ohio needs passenger trains , Strickland supports these trains! Vote Strickland!
By dale1
October 14, 2010 3:58 PM | Link to this
Clinton signed NAFTA into law. I was against NAFTA from the begining and back in the 90s all the liberals backed NAFTA because Clinton signed the bill. Now all of the sudden the liberals hate NAFTA. The first Bush veto’d NAFTA. The reason jobs are moving out of the US is because of the cost of doing business in the US. NAFTA gave the companies the right to move out and the liberals gave them the reason to move out.
By dero
October 14, 2010 11:31 AM | Link to this
Interesting. Given that historically, Rasmussen has a 3-4 point Republican bias, this really is becoming a toss-up. Kasich should have been able to lock this thing up by now, in such a good year for the GOP. Bottom line is that Strickland is a good fit for the state, electorally speaking, in a way Kasich is not. (And the really wide gap in the Senate race can probably be best explained by $$—Fisher just doesn’t have any. He’d probably still be losing if he had equal money to Portman, but only by 6-8 points)
By JD
October 14, 2010 9:38 AM | Link to this
I just don’t trust Kasich. He wants to bring in Wall St. consultants, pay them bonuses with my tax money, and they don’t have to say how much of my tax dollars they are getting? No way!
By wake up
October 14, 2010 1:01 AM | Link to this
youre right dr zap. If we could just get rid of the teachers unions, we could pay them what theyre worth. Teachers should get about 10 dollars an hour with no healthcare and definitely no pension. Its ashame that anyone against unions gets reap the benefits that come with a union. Because without a union teachers would get paid what theyre worth(as noted above). Hopefully the repubs will get rid of those unions so you can live like a repub. We should give everything to the rich and the people who work for a living should suffer, suffer, suffer. Go repubs, lets get rid of those unions that give ordinary people a fighting chance.
By what an idiot
October 14, 2010 12:59 AM | Link to this
youre right dr zap. If we could just get rid of the teachers unions, we could pay them what theyre worth. Teachers should get about 10 dollars an hour with no healthcare and definitely no pension. Its ashame that anyone against unions gets reap the benefits that come with a union. Because without a union teachers would get paid what theyre worth(as noted above). Hopefully the repubs will get rid of those unions so you can live like a repub. We should give everything to the rich and the people who work for a living should suffer, suffer, suffer. Go repubs, lets get rid of those unions that give ordinary people a fighting chance.
By paul
October 13, 2010 11:54 PM | Link to this
Strickland lost NCR on his watch… get him out of there before we lose more business in Dayton and Ohio. Vote Kasich!
By Dr Zap
October 13, 2010 8:02 PM | Link to this
Bengals…Unions are also special interests that pump millions into elections to vote democrat. My wife is a teacher and every piece of trash that the OEA sends to our house is used to clean our toilets.
By SuprCamper
October 13, 2010 5:01 PM | Link to this
But how do you really feel about Kasic?
By bengalsin2010
October 13, 2010 4:37 PM | Link to this
This is because Kasich is finally being exposed for what he is! A crook and a liar and a money grubbing big business, job outsourcing, Nafta signing, wall street money taking, pension stealing sellout who only listens to lobbyist and big money!