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Defend America on Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:53:15 PM
| November 12, 2009 - Dems Fade In Ohio Senate Race,
Quinnipiac University Poll Finds;
Obama Gets Negative Score In Key Swing State
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For the first time, Republican Rob Portman is inching ahead of the two Democrats in the 2010 race
for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Also for the
first time, Ohio voters disapprove 50 - 45 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing,
down from his 53 - 42 percent approval September 16 and 49 - 44 percent approval July 7.
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In still another first, voters are split 40 - 40 percent on who is doing a better job handling
health care, the President or Congressional Republicans, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-
pe-ack) University survey finds. In a September 16 survey on the same question, Obama was on
top 49 - 28 percent.
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Ohio voters disapprove 53 - 42 percent of the way the President is handling the economy
and disapprove 57 - 36 percent of the way he is handling health care. In September, they
approved of his handling of the economy 48 - 46 percent and split on his handling of health care
44 - 45 percent.
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http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1396