Ohio Senate: Portman (R) 45%, Fisher (D) 39%

Rasmussen Reports ^ | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | Scott Rasmussen

[Red Steel]

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Ohio finds Republican candidate Rob Portman with 45% of the vote while Democrat Lee Fisher earns 39% support this month. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and 11% more are undecided.

These results are little changed from late last month when Portman held a 43% to 39% advantage.

This is the seventh consecutive survey to find Portman’s support in the narrow range of 42% to 44%. Over that same time frame, Fisher has earned 38% to 43% of the vote. The two men were tied in May and June following the winning of their respective party primaries.

Ohio’s hard-hit economy is a major issue in both the Senate and gubernatorial races in the state. Only six percent (6%) of Ohio voters characterize the economy as good, while 54% say it’s bad. Twenty-seven percent (27%) think the economy is getting better, but 48% say it’s getting worse.

[FlipWilson]

Yet tomorrow (or sooner) the propaganda arm of the ruling class will find an outlier poll that says the democrat is ahead and run with a story stating that the race is over.

[PackerBoy]

:::snicker::: You cynic. (I agree.)

[Crichton]

This is the seventh consecutive survey to find Portman’s support in the narrow range of 42% to 44%.

45% > 44%, Scottie. Just sayin'.

[hinckley buzzard]

Fisher's weakness is that he has run for statewide offices for years, and only made it to Lt Governor with Ted Strickland, in the 2008 obama win and against the shadow of the Taft fiasco.

Fisher is a run-of-the-mill liberal career politician with literally no reason to vote for him. I suspect Portman will hold his lead, especially as he becomes better known in the northern part of the State.

[RandallFlagg]

In another world, I would have read that headline and asked, “Leia Organa is running against her Mom, Senator Amidala?!”

[TonyInOhio]

But Lee Fisher is a man's man:

I can hear those liberal hearts pounding clear across the State.

[Zeppelin]

In another world, I would have read that headline and asked, “Leia Organa is running against her Mom, Senator Amidala?!”

"These are not the pols you are looking for."

[mwl8787]

Strickland and Fisher will both lose.

This ain’t a good year to be a RAT in Ohio.

[zebrahead]

I suspect Portman’s advertising presence is starting to move his numbers. He’s been up with ads on TV the last couple of months and he has a massive campaign warchest ($9 million). Like Toomey in Pennsylvania, he also is benefiting from support with TV ads by the Chamber of Commerce. I have seen their pro-Portman commercial at least a dozen times. He is proving to be one of the best Republican Senate candidates this cycle.