Daily Kos/Research 2000 OH-8 Poll

Research 2000, MoE 4%, Oct 05, 2009 - Oct 07, 2009

FAVORABLE/UNFAVORABLE

	VERY FAV	FAV	UNFAV	VERY UNFAV	NO OPINION
BOEHNER	21	26	22	17	14
STRICKLAND	12	21	36	22	9
BROWN	11	20	33	24	12
OBAMA	8	21	32	34	5

John Boehner

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	47	39	14
MEN	49	38	13
WOMEN	45	40	15
DEMOCRATS	14	68	18
REPUBLICANS	67	21	12
INDEPENDENTS	44	43	13
18-29	44	42	14
30-44	46	40	14
45-59	49	38	13
60+	49	37	14

Ted Strickland

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	33	58	9
MEN	30	62	8
WOMEN	36	54	10
DEMOCRATS	73	55	11
REPUBLICANS	12	78	10
INDEPENDENTS	31	60	9
18-29	34	55	11
30-44	34	57	9
45-59	33	59	8
60+	31	61	8

Sherrod Brown

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	31	57	12
MEN	27	61	12
WOMEN	35	53	12
DEMOCRATS	72	17	11
REPUBLICANS	9	78	13
INDEPENDENTS	30	59	11
18-29	32	54	14
30-44	32	56	12
45-59	31	58	11
60+	28	60	12

Barack Obama

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	29	66	5
MEN	23	71	6
WOMEN	35	61	4
DEMOCRATS	74	19	7
REPUBLICANS	5	92	3
INDEPENDENTS	28	65	7
18-29	31	64	5
30-44	30	65	5
45-59	29	66	5
60+	26	70	4

QUESTION: Generally speaking, do you believe America's health care system needs to be reformed?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
ALL	48	38	14
MEN	45	42	13
WOMEN	51	34	15
DEMOCRATS	81	8	11
REPUBLICANS	28	56	16
INDEPENDENTS	53	35	12
18-29	52	34	14
30-44	51	35	14
45-59	46	41	13
60+	44	42	14

QUESTION: Do you favor or oppose creating a government-administered health insurance option that anyone can purchase to compete with private insurance plans?

	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	37	54	9
MEN	33	60	7
WOMEN	41	48	11
DEMOCRATS	76	14	10
REPUBLICANS	13	80	7
INDEPENDENTS	43	46	11
18-29	41	49	10
30-44	39	52	9
45-59	35	56	9
60+	33	60	7

QUESTION: Overall, who do you trust more on the issue of health care, the Democrats or the Republicans?

	REPUBLICANS	DEMOCRATS	NOT SURE
ALL	46	33	21
MEN	49	32	19
WOMEN	43	34	23
DEMOCRATS	12	80	8
REPUBLICANS	71	8	21
INDEPENDENTS	34	31	35
18-29	42	35	23
30-44	45	35	20
45-59	48	31	21
60+	50	30	20

QUESTION: As you may know, Congressman John Boehner has led the Republican opposition in Congress to legislation reforming the health care system. Do you approve or disapprove on John Boehner's actions on health care?

	APPROVE	DISAPPROVE	NOT SURE
ALL	52	31	17
MEN	55	27	18
WOMEN	49	35	16
DEMOCRATS	9	65	26
REPUBLICANS	76	13	11
INDEPENDENTS	51	30	19
18-29	49	35	16
30-44	50	33	17
45-59	54	28	18
60+	56	27	17

Demographics

MEN	293	49%
WOMEN	307	51%
DEMOCRATS	161	27%
REPUBLICANS	292	49%
INDEPENDENTS/OTHER	147	24%
18-29	89	15%
30-44	211	35%
45-59	203	34%
60+	97	16%

Methodology

OH-8 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT POLL – OCTOBER 2009

This survey was conducted by Research 2000 of Rockville, Maryland. A total of 600 likely voters in the Eight Congressional District were interviewed by telephone between October 5 and October 7, 2009.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the district. Quotas were assigned to reflect the voter registration of distribution by district.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as for gender or party affiliation.