Strickland won huge in 2006, but times have changed...
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COLUMBUS — Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, who roared into office three years ago with nearly 61 percent of the vote, trails Republican John Kasich 51-45 percent in a Dayton Daily News/Ohio Newspaper Poll released Sunday, Jan. 24.Unemployment chart for Ohio from the Columbus Dispatch
The great recession has put voters in a sour mood and left them open to change, said Eric Rademacher, poll director.
“If the election were held tomorrow, we might be talking about how a bad economy contributed to a political environment that had voters in the mood to fire their incumbent governor,” said Rademacher, co-director of the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research.
Just 4 years ago, Strickland won by almost 24 points over Ken Blackwell in 2006
