Recent polls of the U.S. Senate election in Ohio have favored Sen. Rob Portman by steady margins, in contrast to earlier polls showing ties and close calls with Democratic challenger Ted Strickland.
A CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday showed the Republican incumbent ahead by seven points, 46-39, among likely Ohio voters.
A separate poll released Monday Monmouth University placed Portman pf the former Ohio governor by eight points, 48-40.
When CBS/YouGov polled Ohio likely voters in July, the race between the Republican incumbent and the former governor was tighter. Portman led by just one percent, 41-40. Earlier polls, such as Quinnipiac in June and NBC/WSJ/Marist in July, showed the two candidates locked in a tie, at 42 and 44 percent respectively.
The CBS/YouGov poll was conducted online from Aug. 15-17, among 997 likely Ohio voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.
The Monmouth poll, conducted Aug. 18-21, surveyed 402 likely Ohio general election voters over the phone, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average shows Portman building a steady lead in recent weeks. Portman now leads Strickland, 47.9 to 40.3.
Ohio, as a state, matters every four years.
The fact they’re going for this prick makes me concerned for Clinton. I thought Strickland was popular?
Way to go Democrats, keep bad mouthing Clinton and saying you will vote for Jill Stein and watch us lose the election. Why haven’t we heard from Jill Stein in the last four years? The election is the Democrat’s to lose.
This presumably means a lot of likely voters are planning on voting for Hillary and Portman, no? Weird. But not unprecedented, I suppose.
As this election draws closer, big money will be on the message “Elect R Senator to stop Hillary and keep her accountable.” Expect that in CO, IL, WI, OH, and many other states that are close. The big money will, IMHO, be in close Senate races. Trump could still win, but he is doing everything possible to reduce that chance for himself.
Strickland had the bad luck to be Governor during the Bush recession. He ended up having to spend the Rainy Day Fund AND raise some taxes to keep the state operating. Plus with the recession, Ohio, like every other state lost jobs. Kasich came in during the recovery and now Portman beating Strickland over the head with spending the RDF down, raising taxes and losing jobs. Plus, I know someone who works Democratic politics and he admits Strickland isn’t the strongest campaigner. I also think Strickland is way behind in money, so he’s having trouble getting the word out.
I wish the party and put someone forward who didn’t have Strickland’s baggage this year. We had a shot to unseat Portman but Strickland just isn’t pulling it off.