Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #8739

Geography Surveyed: Ohio
Data Collected: 04/01/2006 - 04/03/2006
Release Date: 04/04/2006 10:50 AM ET
Sponsors: WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WKYC-TV Cleveland, WYTV-TV Youngstown

Analysis: In a Primary for Ohio Governor today, 4/4/06, Ken Blackwell defeats Jim Petro for the Republican nomination, while Ted Strickland overwhelms Bryan Flannery on the Democratic side, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WKYC-TV Cleveland, WCPO-TV Cincinnati, and WYTV-TV Youngstown. The primary is May 2nd. Blackwell, the current Ohio Secretary of State, gets 46%. Petro gets 32%. 22% are undecided. Men support Blackwell over Petro 2:1, but women are split. Strickland, who is not running for re-election as Representative from Ohio's 6th Congressional District, beats Flannery 60% to 15%, with 25% undecided.

Filtering: 2,000 Ohio adults were interviewed 4/1/06 - 4/3/06. Of them, 1,758 were Registered Voters. Of them, 714 were Republicans and 689 were Democrats. Of the Republicans, 436 were judged to be "likely voters". Of the Democrats, 446 were judged to be "likely voters". Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters.

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  Asked of 436 Likely Republican Primary Voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.8 percentage points.

If the Republican Primary were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Ken Blackwell? Or Jim Petro?

46% Blackwell
32% Petro
22% Undecided

2
  Asked of 446 Likely Democratic Primary Voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.6 percentage points.

If the Democratic Primary were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Bryan Flannery? Or Ted Strickland?

15% Flannery
60% Strickland
25% Undecided

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