COLUMBUS — Enthusiasm from Tea Party supporters seems to fuel Republican hopes for a big GOP turnout Nov. 2, a new Dayton Daily News/Ohio Newspaper poll indicates.

The poll also finds voters across the state sharply divided along party lines about who should get the most blame for the state’s economic woes.

Democrats focus on former Republican President George W. Bush’s administration, while Republicans tag Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress.

More than half the Tea Party supporters in the poll — 52 percent — are “extremely interested” in the election, more than the 40 percent of Republicans who gave that answer and almost double the 29 percent of Democrats in that group.

Tea Party supporters overwhelmingly favored Republican candidates.

“I think this is a big reason why the GOP is feeling very strongly that there’s going to be a heavy turnout in favor of their candidates this fall,” said Eric Rademacher, co-director of the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research, which conducted the poll.

Thirty-three percent of Republicans said the Obama administration is most responsible for the bad economy and another 25 percent said it’s the Democratic-controlled Congress. Among Democrats, 50 percent picked the Bush administration, with Wall Street second at 19 percent.

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