Quinnipiac Poll: GOPer Kasich Leads Big In OH-GOV Race

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A Quinnipiac poll out this morning finds Republican former Rep. John Kasich leading Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland by double-digits in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.

The survey of likely voters has the Republican way out in front, with a commanding 17-point lead over the incumbent Strickland. The 54%-37% margin is by far the largest of any poll conducted for this race over recent months. Quinnipiac hasn’t polled this race since late June, when it had Strickland on top of the race, 43%-38%. More recent polls have suggested everything’s coming up Kasich — a September 14 CNN/Time poll found Kasich ahead 51%-44%, a September 13 SurveyUSA poll gave the Republican a 52%-40% advantage, and a September 13 Rasmussen survey showed him up seven.

The margin of error of the Quinnipiac poll is ±3.6 percentage points. The TPM Poll Average has Kasich holding a 50.0%-40.9% advantage in the contest.

And check out the trend lines. You can really see Kasich pulling away.

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