Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10642

Geography Surveyed: Ohio
Data Collected: 11/03/2006 - 11/05/2006
Release Date: 11/06/2006 9:45 AM ET
Sponsors: WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WKYC-TV Cleveland, WYTV-TV Youngstown

Ohio Throws Out Republican Governor and Republican U.S. Senator: On Election Eve, Ohio voters are poised to elect Democrat Ted Strickland as Governor and Democrat Sherrod Brown as U.S. Senator, according to SurveyUSA's final pre-election tracking poll conducted for WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WYTV-TV Youngstown and WKYC-TV Cleveland. In 6 SurveyUSA pre-election tracking polls for Governor, Strickland never polled below 53%, Republican Ken Blackwell never polled above 38%. In 6 SurveyUSA pre-election polls for U.S. Senate, Brown never polled below 48%, incumbent Republican DeWine never polled above 42%. The governor's seat is open.

Support Flat, Opposition Growing to Issue 2; Any Outcome Possible: In a referendum today, Election Eve, on Ohio's Issue 2, about the minimum wage, 48% of voters are certain they will vote 'Yes,' 29% of voters are certain they will vote 'No,' but 23% of likely voters say they are still not certain how they will vote on the ballot measure, 24 hours till polls close. Support for the measure is largely unchanged across 3 SurveyUSA tracking polls. Opposition to the measure has grown from 12% on 10/12, to 16% on 10/26 to 29% today. Republicans oppose. Democrats support. Conservatives oppose. Moderates and Liberals support. Lower-income voters support. Higher-income voters oppose.

Issue 3 Now Tied, But Opposition Growing Faster Than Support: In a referendum today on Issue 3, about slot machines, 43% of voters are certain to vote 'No,' 41% of voters are certain to vote 'Yes,' 16% of voters are not certain yet how they will vote. Support for the measure is comparatively flat across 3 SurveyUSA tracking polls: 38%, 40%, 41%. But opposition is growing: 30%, 39%, 43%. Women oppose. Men are divided. Younger voters support. Older voters oppose. Blacks support. Whites oppose. Eastern Ohio supports. Central and Western Ohio opposes.

Filtering: 1,000 Ohio adults were interviewed 11/3/06 through 11/5/06. Of them, 869 were registered to vote. Of them, 436 were judged to be "likely" voters. Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters.