Posted on 04/04/2006 9:10:39 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Analysis: In a Primary for Ohio Governor today, 4/4/06, Ken Blackwell defeats Jim Petro for the Republican nomination, while Ted Strickland overwhelms Bryan Flannery on the Democratic side, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WKYC-TV Cleveland, WCPO-TV Cincinnati, and WYTV-TV Youngstown. The primary is May 2nd. Blackwell, the current Ohio Secretary of State, gets 46%. Petro gets 32%. 22% are undecided. Men support Blackwell over Petro 2:1, but women are split. Strickland, who is not running for re-election as Representative from Ohio's 6th Congressional District, beats Flannery 60% to 15%, with 25% undecided.
Filtering: 2,000 Ohio adults were interviewed 4/1/06 - 4/3/06. Of them, 1,758 were Registered Voters. Of them, 714 were Republicans and 689 were Democrats. Of the Republicans, 436 were judged to be "likely voters". Of the Democrats, 446 were judged to be "likely voters". Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters.
1 Asked of 436 Likely Republican Primary Voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.8%
If the Republican Primary were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Ken Blackwell? Or Jim Petro?
46% Blackwell 32% Petro 22% Undecided
2 Asked of 446 Likely Democratic Primary Voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.6%
If the Democratic Primary were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Bryan Flannery? Or Ted Strickland?
15% Flannery 60% Strickland 25% Undecided
Gee, thanks, SurveyUSA, for not asking about Blackwell v. Strickland. Way to keep the suspense going :rolleyes:
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Not very interested in primary news. General election is what concerns me more. And things don't look good for the Ohio GOP, whether conservatives like Blackwell or RINOS like Dewine.
This is the 3rd poll I'm aware of in the last week that shows Blackwell with a double digit lead. I'm very pleased with that given the bad press Blackwell was getting for most of March. He's conserved his resources well so he'll be going strong for the final month of the campaign. There's not many people left in Ohio who think Petro has much of a chance.
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