Well, he still has a sky-high approval rate in the state, according to those polls that Trump likes to quote constantly...
I think that’s because he’s popular with Dems now. In the primary, you have a Republican list and a Dem list. If you’re going to change parties, you have to do it ahead of time, not at the polls. Republicans that I know are ticked off at him bc of how he handled Obamacare and Medicaid. So his approval within his own party has diminished in the state. Unless there is an Operation Chaos coming from the Dems, my opinion is that Kasich won’t win. It’s just my opinion, though. Who will win? We’ll have to wait to find out.