Two new polls are out today on the Ohio gubernatorial race, and Republican former Rep. John Kasich finds himself atop both. In a Quinnipiac poll, the Republican leads Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland by 10 points, 51%-41%. The margin is slightly narrower in the new Fox News Poll (conducted by Rasmussen offshoot Pulse Opinion Research), which has the incumbent Democrat trailing by six points, 49%-43%.
Both new sets of numbers show very little movement from these pollsters’ last looks at the race: Fox News’ October 9 poll had Kasich ahead 47%-42% and Quinnipiac’s October 3 survey had him up 50%-41%.
The TPM Poll Average finds Kasich at 48.8% and Strickland at 43.0%.
The margin of error for the latest Quinnipiac and Fox News surveys are ±2.8 and ±3.0 percentage points, respectively.
For more on the race, check out TPMDC’s full coverage here.
