Strickland lead at 16 SurveyUSA poll

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CLEVELAND -- A SurveyUSA poll taken this past weekend shows Democrat Ted Strickland has widened his lead in his race against Republican Ken Blackwell.
Strickland, currently representing Ohio's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, gets 57 percent of the vote. Blackwell, currently Ohio Secretary of State, gets 35 percent.

Compared to an identical SurveyUSA tracking poll released two months ago, Strickland is up four points, Blackwell is down two.

More take-aways:



Strickland had led by 16, today leads by 22.

Among males, Strickland had led by 4, now 15.

Among younger voters, Blackwell had been tied, now trails by 35.

Twenty-two percent of Republicans cross over to vote for Democrat Strickland; only 6% of Democrats crossover and vote for Republican Blackwell.

Independents break 5:2 for Strickland.

Conservatives vote overwhelmingly for Blackwell, but Strickland leads among moderates 7:2.

Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Taft is term-limited. The seat is open. The election is in 13 weeks, on 11/7/2006.

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35% Blackwell (R)
57% Strickland (D)
1% Fitrakis (G)
2% Peirce (L)
3% Other
2% Undecided
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=55366

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1. This is great news...

Of the 1000 voters polled the 503 likely voters put Strickland up by 57% and Blackwell gets 37%. Anything over 55% for Stickland is great news.

It looks like Brown is ahead with 49% and DeWine 41% with likely voters. Brown still has some work to do but the trends are good!

What is important is the first poll after Labor Day. Ohioans won't start seriously thinking about the election until then.