Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13343

Geography Surveyed: Ohio
Data Collected: 02/10/2008 - 02/11/2008
Release Date: 02/12/2008 6:50 AM ET
Sponsors: WCMH-TV Columbus, WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WEWS-TV Cleveland

Huckabee Starts with Strong Base in Proportionally Allocated Ohio; Will It Be There in March? Will He? In a Republican Primary today, 02/12/08, the day of the Virginia and Maryland Republican primaries and 21 days until the Ohio Republican Primary, Mike Huckabee supporters have not yet gotten the "rally round the nominee" memo, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WCMH-TV Columbus, and WEWS-TV Cleveland. McCain is at 50%, and well-positioned to capture a majority of Ohio's 88 proportionally allocated delegates. But because Ohio is not Winner-Take-All, Huckabee's 36% is significant, even if only symbolically. Among Conservatives, among those who attend church regularly and among Pro-Life voters, Huckabee and McCain are effectively tied. Among Moderates, McCain leads by 41 points. Among Pro-Choice voters McCain leads by 43 points.

Filtering / Timing: 2,000 state of Ohio adults were interviewed 02/10/08 and 02/11/08. Of them, 1,812 were registered to vote. Of them, 524 were determined by SurveyUSA to have already voted, or to be likely to vote on or before the 03/04/08 primary. All interviews were completed after results in Louisiana, Kansas and Washington were known, and during media coverage of Huckabee's strong showing in all 3 states. All interviews completed before results of the 02/12/08 Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland primaries were known.