Bush's Ohio approval rating dips below 50%

[Paragon]

http://www.enquirer.com/midday/02/02192004_News_mday_ohiopoll19.html

...The poll finds that 49 percent approve of the president's overall performance, 49 percent disapprove and 2 percent neither approve nor disapprove.

The poll finds that 47 percent of Ohioans approve of the way Bush is handling foreign affairs. Forty percent approve of the president's handling of the economy.

The Bush campaign is counting on Ohio as one of the key states in his re-election effort. Bush won Ohio by four percentage points over Al Gore in 2000.

The Ohio Poll is conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. The latest poll was conducted between Jan.30-Feb. 10 of a random sample of 842 adults. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.