The latest news out of Ohio today courtesy of Quinnipiac University’s latest poll:
The Ohio governor's race is too close to call, with former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, the Democrat, at 42 percent and State Attorney General Mike DeWine, the Republican, at 40 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released today.
There are wide gender and racial gaps as men back DeWine 47 - 36 percent, while women back Cordray 48 - 35 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds. White voters go Republican by a narrow 44 - 39 percent. Non-white voters go Democratic 56 - 23 percent. DeWine takes Republicans 85 - 4 percent, as Cordray takes Democrats 81 - 8 percent. Independent voters are divided with 39 percent for Cordray and 37 percent for DeWine.
DeWine gets a 39 - 31 percent favorability rating, with 27 percent who don't know enough about him to form an opinion. Cordray gets a 32 - 15 percent favorability rating, while 51 percent don't know enough about him to form an opinion.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich gets a 52 - 36 percent job approval rating, doing better with Democrats than he does with his fellow Republicans, Democrats approve of Kasich 57 - 33 percent. Republicans are divided as 46 percent approve and 44 percent disapprove.
The reverse party split continues as Ohio voters say 51 - 41 percent they do not want Kasich to run for president in 2020. Democrats say yes 52 - 39 percent as Republicans say no 73 - 21 percent.
"The closeness between Richard Cordray and Attorney General Mike DeWine should not be surprising, since this race for governor is a re-run of the race between the two men in 2010 for the attorney general's job that DeWine won by one percentage point," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll.
"Now, Cordray and DeWine split the key independent vote and get roughly the same share of their party bases," Brown added.
From June 7 - 12, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,082 Ohio voters with a margin of error of +/- 3.7 percentage points, including the design effect. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.
Ohio voters have soured on Trump and give him 43/54 approval. We have a real shot to win this race and we have to keep up the momentum. Click here to donate and get involved with Cordray’s campaign.