A Magellan Strategies (R) poll, conducted for the group Opportunity Ohio, of 2,083 likely voters between June 9th-11th with a 2.15% MOE.Q1. Do you have a favorable or
unfavorable opinion of John Kasich? Favorable………........45%
Unfavorable…………37%
No Opinion………….13%
Never heard of………..2%
Unsure………………..3%
Q2. Do you have a favorable or
unfavorable opinion of Ed FitzGerald? Favorable………........25%
Unfavorable…………24%
No Opinion………….32%
Never heard of………16%
Unsure………………..3%
Q3. Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Kasich is doing as Governor? Approve..………........49%
Disapprove..…………35%
No Opinion………….16%
Q4. If the election for Governor
were being held today, would you vote
for Ed FitzGerald the Democrat
candidate or John Kasich, the
Republican candidate? John Kasich..…...........47%
Ed FitzGerald..………39%
Some other candidate…4%
Undecided...………….10%
The breakdowns really aren't important since we already know this is a Republican firm, but they did undersample African Americans here by 5 points.
The great thing about this poll though is it was conducted not long after Kasich's/RGA's TV ad surge and even a GOP poll has his approvals and his lead
below 50. After FitzGerald's "Promise" ad makes the impact on Ohio that it does and gets FitzGerald's name out there to the 1/2 of Ohioans who still don't know who he is, his favorable ratings will arguably be higher than Kasich's here and Team FitzGerald will capitalize.
