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Obama, Romney all square in new Ohio poll
By Jeff Bell
Staff reporter - Business First

Monday, October 24, 2011 

Ohio Republicans may be on the Herman Cain bandwagon, but they might also want to consider backing Mitt Romney if they hope to unseat President Barack Obama next year. 

That’s the picture painted in a new poll by Public Policy Polling    , a Democratic polling company in Raleigh, N.C. The survey of Ohio voters showed Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, in a dead heat with Obama, with each candidate getting 46 percent of support and 8 percent undecided. 

Obama would beat Cain, the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, by 48-45 percent. The president would also top the rest of the Republican field, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who trails Obama 50-41 percent. 

The poll found Obama’s approval rating in Ohio is 43 percent compared with 52 percent who don’t like the job he is doing. 

Public Policy Polling Director Tom Jensen said in an e-mail that Obama’s numbers against Romney are actually worse than they look in the survey. 

“Just 18 percent of the undecided voters approve of the job (Obama’s) doing,” he said. “When those folks make up their minds, they’re not very likely to end up in Obama’s camp.” 

Jensen also said Romney has an 11-point advantage with independent voters, pulls 12 percent of Democrats and loses only 4 percent of Republicans to Obama. 

Romney is expected to visit Southwest Ohio on Tuesday with a stop in Cincinnati. 

As for Cain, Public Policy Polling found he is the only Republican candidate with a positive “favorability” rating – 41-37 percent – in Ohio. 

“Cain’s long-term viability for the Republican nomination still seems questionable despite his current poll standing,” Jensen said, “but these numbers suggest he might actually be a viable general election candidate.” 

A poll of Ohio Republicans released last week showed Cain leading the way with 34 percent. Romney, 19 percent, and former U.S. Congressman Newt Gingrich, 14 percent, were the only other candidates with double-digit levels of support. 

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