OHIO SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, October 12, 2006

1* If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Mike DeWine or for Democrat Sherrod Brown?

41% DeWine

46% Brown

7% some other candidate

6% not sure

WITH LEANERS

42% DeWine

48% Brown

5% some other candidate

5% not sure

BREAKDOWN

42% Total DeWine

32% Certain DeWine

8% DeWine

1% Lean DeWine

48% Total Brown

36% Certain Brown

11% Brown

2% Lean Brown

2% Some Other Candidate

4% Not Sure

2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?

DeWine voters

68% for DeWine

26% against Brown

7% not sure

Brown voters

49% for Brown

39% against DeWine

11% not sure

3* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Ken Blackwell or for Democrat Ted Strickland?

34% Blackwell

59% Strickland

1% some other candidate

6% not sure

4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

	DeWine	Brown	Blackwell	Strickland
Very favorable	16%	19%	19%	23%
Somewhat favorable	29%	28%	19%	30%
Somewhat unfavorable	28%	25%	22%	20%
Very unfavorable	20%	20%	29%	18%
Not sure	7%	7%	11%	10%

5* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

30% strongly approve

19% somewhat approve

11% somewhat disapprove

40% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

6* How would you rate the job Bob Taft has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

5% strongly approve

21% somewhat approve

25% somewhat disapprove

48% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.