"Brown...beating Paul Hackett by a better than two-to-one margin.
Including those who lean towards a candidate, 51 percent of Democratic primary voters support Brown, 22 percent prefer Hackett, and 26 percent are undecided...
"...Brown leads Hackett in nearly every part of Ohio and dominates in the Cleveland-Akron media market, which is the state's largest and reaches over 40 percent of the primary electorate. Brown wins 68 percent of the vote in that market to Hackett's 16 percent. Brown also leads Hackett in every major demographic category, including both men and women and among voters of all ages, incomes, and education levels...
"...Forty-five percent of voters identify the war in Iraq as their issue of
top concern, and among these voters Brown wins 51 percent of the vote to Hackett's 27 percent...
Brown has 38% fav vs. 9% unfav. Nineteen percent did not recognize his name. Hackett had 13% fav and 6 % unfav, with 48% never having heard of him.
Among voters who are familiar with both candidates, Brown enjoys a 22 point margin over Hackett, winning 52 percent of the vote to Hackett's 30 percent.
The primary is May 2.