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FacebookPoll: Edwards leads major GOP candidates in Ohio
McCain appears to be the strongest Republican candidate in the Buckeye state, data says.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Barack Obama was the winner in Iowa and Hillary Clinton's planning to be the "comeback kid" in New Hampshire, but John Edwards just might be the Democrats' best bet to win Ohio, a crucial state in the general election.
At least that's the conclusion of a new presidential poll released Saturday by Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C., which happens to be Edwards' home state.
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Edwards, who finished second to Obama in Iowa, leads all four major Republican candidates — Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee — in the poll in Ohio. Obama and Clinton each leads in just the matchups with Giuliani and Romney.
On the Republican side, McCain emerged from the poll as the GOP's strongest Ohio candidate, leading Clinton and Obama, but trailing Edwards.
The poll also showed that Edwards led three of the four Republicans in Florida, another battleground state while McCain led all the Democratic candidates in Florida.
The poll was conducted Friday with 946 likely Ohio general election voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent. In Florida, 543 likely general election voters were surveyed with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percent.
For full poll results, visit www.publicpolicypolling.com.
Results
Poll results for November presidential election matchup in Ohio:
If the election
for President was between Hillary Clinton (D) and
Rudy Giuliani (R):
Clinton: 44 percent
Giuliani: 37 percent
Undecided: 19 percent
Clinton (D) and
Mike Huckabee (R)
Huckabee: 45 percent
Clinton: 43 percent
Undecided: 11 percent
Clinton (D) and
John McCain (R):
McCain: 46 percent
Clinton: 42 percent
Undecided: 12 percent
Clinton (D) and
Mitt Romney (R)
Clinton: 45 percent
Romney: 40 percent
Undecided: 15 percent
John Edwards (D)
and Giuliani (R)
Edwards: 51 percent
Giuliani: 34 percent
Undecided: 14 percent
Edwards (D)
and Huckabee (R)
Edwards: 49 percent
Huckabee: 40 percent
Undecided: 10 percent
Edwards (D)
and McCain (R)
Edwards: 47 percent
McCain: 40 percent
Undecided: 13 percent
Edwards (D) and Romney (R)
Edwards: 53 percent
Romney: 33 percent
Undecided: 14 percent
Giuliani (R) and Barack Obama (D)
Obama: 47 percent
Giuliani: 37 percent
Undecided: 16 percent
Huckabee (R) and Obama (D)
Huckabee: 43 percent
Obama: 43 percent
Undecided: 14 percent
McCain (R) and Obama (D)
McCain: 45 percent
Obama: 42 percent
Undecided: 14 percent
Obama (D) and Romney (R)
Obama: 44 percent
Romney: 38 percent
Undecided: 18 percent
