Opposition to G.O.P. Rises in Ohio, Poll Says

[CatWoman]

The bellwether state of Ohio appears to have become hostile terrain for Republicans this year, with voters there overwhelmingly saying Democrats are more likely to help create jobs and concluding by a wide margin that Republicans in the state are more prone to political corruption than are Democrats, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Ohio is home this year to closely watched races for governor, the United States Senate and a growing roster of competitive House seats, and the state has become one of the most contested battlegrounds of 2006 and one in which voters at this point are strongly favoring Democrats on many issues.

The Democratic candidates for governor and Senate hold commanding, double-digit leads over their Republican opponents in the poll and respondents said they intended to vote for the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in their district by a 50 to 32 percent margin.

The results raise alarm bells for President Bush and his party across the nation three weeks from Election Day.

The poll found a striking slippage in the president’s standing among white evangelical Christians, a constituency that has provided a strong vote cushion for Republican candidates in recent elections. In November 2004, 76 percent of white evangelical Christians in Ohio voted for Mr. Bush. When asked in this poll whether they approve or disapprove of the job Mr. Bush is doing as president, 49 percent approved while 45 percent disapproved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/us/politics/17cnd-poll.html?hp&ex=1161144000&en=0533f5264d9c5b5f&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Mr_Spock]

1. Good news

Let's hope it keeps up through election day!

[leesa]

2. Well, jeez, I should hope so. They've raped the people of Ohio repeatedly

and left them naked and bruised in the rubble of a burned out state.

[0rganism]

3. but can it beat Blackwell and his election machinery?

That much remains to be seen... The double-digit lead bit is encouraging -- it would "strain credibility" to swing the results with these margins.

[LeahD]

4. Alas, the sheeple awake. n/t

[LeahD]

5. Kerry was in OH in May, rural town, to help Sherrod Brown, Zack Space,

Strickland. He understands the importance of going to small towns.

[CatWoman]

6. that's a very nice picture

:)

[LeahD]

7. Yes, it was a beautiful day, and JK was saying things that

Ohio-ans wanted and needed to hear.