Recent polls have suggested that Ohio’s high-profile Democratic candidates are falling increasingly behind in the Senate and gubernatorial races, with no indication of a coming momentum shift. A new Fox News poll doesn’t really change that narrative.
The survey, conducted by Rasmussen offshoot Pulse Opinion Research using an automated dialing system, finds both Democratic nominees, Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, behind in the polls. Republican former Rep. John Kasich is leading Strickland by six points in the gubernatorial race, 47%-41%. In the Senate race, Republican nominee and former Rep. Rob Portman is up big on Fisher, 49%-36%.
When Fox polled both of these contests on September 11, Kasich was found on top of the gubernatorial race, 48%-43% and Portman was ahead of Fisher in the Senate race, 48%-41%. In other polling last week, Strickland was found to be as much as 17 points behind Kasich and Fisher was seen trailing by 20.
The TPM Poll Average for the gubernatorial race shows Kasich ahead of Strickland 49.8%-40.9%. For the Senate race, the TPM Poll Average has Portman ahead 48.6%-39.1%.
The margin of error for the latest survey is ±3.0 percentage points.
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