Questions - Election 2014: Ohio Governor - September 8-9, 2014

Ohio Survey of 780 Likely Voters

Conducted September 8-9, 2014

By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the election for governor of Ohio was held today, would you vote for Republican John Kasich or Democrat Ed FitzGerald?

2* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression. If you’ve never heard of that person, just let me know.

John Kasich

Ed FitzGerald

Sherrod Brown

Rob Portman

3* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days?

4* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of the new health care law?

6* So far, have you personally been helped by passage of the health care law, hurt by passage of the health care law, or has it had no direct impact on your life?

7* Is the budget situation in your state better than it was a year ago or worse than it was a year ago?  Or has it remained about the same?

8* Which candidate for Ohio governor do you trust more to deal with government spending?

9* Which candidate for governor do you trust more to deal with taxes?

10* Which candidate for governor do you trust more on social issues?

11* Which candidate for governor do you trust more when it comes to dealing with government ethics and corruption?

12* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

13* How would you rate the job John Kasich has been doing as governor?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence