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[Opinion Consultants] Poll: Ohio voters behind Clinton (+16), McCain (+16)
Business First of Columbus (OH) ^ | 2-1-08 | Business First of Columbus

Posted on 02/01/2008 2:56:24 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative

Summary:
McCain: 39%
Romney: 23%
Huckabee: 18%
Giuliani: 12%

A new poll of Ohio voters seems to mirror nationwide sentiment on the economy and the election: Worries are mounting, as is support for Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain in their respective party races.

Columbus-based research firm Opinion Consultants in a survey of 800 Ohio voters indicated 57 percent of Ohioans are pessimistic about the outlook for the state, citing a dismal economic climate, limited accessibility to quality education and diminishing confidence in state politicians.

Nearly 80 percent of surveyed voters, the firm said, indicated they were aware the government was working on proposals to boost the economy. The top concern of 62 percent of surveyed voters was the economy, as more than one-third described their family's financial status as worse than a year ago.

In the ongoing presidential primary races, 44 percent of surveyed Ohio Democrats preferred Clinton, trailed by Sen. Barack Obama with 28 percent support and former Sen. John Edwards, who has since dropped out of the race, with 17 percent. Surveyed Republicans threw support behind McCain, who took 39 percent of the vote. McCain, now considered the front-runner for the Republican nomination, was trailed by former Gov. Mitt Romney with 23 percent, former Gov. Mike Huckabee with 18 percent and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with 12 percent. Giuliani also dropped out of the race after the poll was conducted.

In another recent Opinion Consultants poll, which surveyed area business executives, McCain led the predominantly Republican group of surveyed leaders while Obama garnered the most support from Democrats.



TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: hillary; mccain; oh2008
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To: HardStarboard

Thats as good a guess as any.
You know it had to be a quid pro quo kinda deal


21 posted on 02/01/2008 3:31:51 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Blogger

“Huckabee needs to drop out.”

Of course he does. But he’s being a prick. I don’t know if he’s getting back at Romney for negative adds tripping up his momentum days before the first primary or if he just wants McCain’s policies to prevail. My guess is it’s both.


22 posted on 02/01/2008 3:47:31 PM PST by elfman2 ("As goes Fallujah, so goes central Iraq and so goes the entire country" -Col Coleman, USMC ,4/2004)
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To: elfman2

If Huckabee were a true conservative, he would not allow the McCain machine to continue. He’s doing NOTHING to stop it. Not even criticizing the man’s record. He’s too busy trying to keep Romney out and be McCain’s VP, I think.


23 posted on 02/01/2008 4:04:41 PM PST by Blogger (Propheteuon.com)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Thanks!


24 posted on 02/01/2008 4:05:33 PM PST by Norman Bates
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To: Petronski

That smartest guy Romney still has a better track record than this:

http://media.citizensunited.org/pvf/mccain.pdf


25 posted on 02/01/2008 4:09:28 PM PST by killermedic ("discipline isn’t reserved for times of combat....only tested there.")
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To: meandog

Ping - March 4th (Texas, Ohio, R.I., Vermont)


26 posted on 02/01/2008 4:19:56 PM PST by Norman Bates
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To: mylife

I’m in Dayton. Where are you?


27 posted on 02/02/2008 7:30:52 AM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: LS

Youngstown


28 posted on 02/02/2008 7:32:47 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: LS

little chicago...
the armpit of the nation ;0)


29 posted on 02/02/2008 7:33:46 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Ohio is hemorrhaging politically and changing from blood red to corpse blue.


30 posted on 02/02/2008 7:55:07 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot

Agree. It will be tough for the GOP to carry the Buckeye state this year regardless of who the nominees are.


31 posted on 02/02/2008 6:52:43 PM PST by IndyTiger
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