Washington, DC – A new Public Policy Polling survey in Ohio, conducted on behalf of Health Care for America Now, finds Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney 50-45.
Key findings from the survey include:
- Obama’s approval rating is at the key 50% mark, with 47% of voters disapproving of him. Romney’s under water on his favorability, with 46% of voters rating him positively while 48% have a negative opinion.
- Obama’s already amassed a large lead in the state. 33% of voters say they’ve already cast their ballots and he leads 62-35 with them. Romney has a 50-45 advantage with those yet to vote.
- Obama leads with both women (53/44) and men (48/47). He is holding Romney to just a 50/46 advantage with white voters, not nearly enough to win the state. Obama also leads within every age group except for seniors.
- Obama has a strong advantage over Romney on several key issues, such as who voters trust more to stand up for the middle class (53/44) and who they trust more to protect Medicare (51/45). Independents have more faith in Obama by 53/40 and 47/41 margins respectively on those issues, and that’s helped him to tie Romney with independents overall after trailing with them on most of our recent polls.
- PPP interviewed 600 likely Ohio voters on Oct. 29 and 30 on behalf of Health Care for America Now. The margin of error for the survey is +/-4.0%.
Complete results here.
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