Buckeye Poll: Issues Change for Ohio Voters

The latest Akron Buckeye Poll finds that a large majority of Ohioans favor a generic Democrat over a Republican in the presidential election, and a large majority believes that the Democrats will win the important swing state of Ohio in the fall of 2008.

Key findings: "Nearly one-half of all Ohioans said that economic issues (such as jobs and prices) would be most important to their vote for president (47.5%). Another one-quarter said foreign policy issues (like the Iraq war and terrorism) would be most important (24.8%). Roughly one-sixth (16.8%) chose other domestic issues (such as public services and taxes) and one-in-ten respondents said social issues (such as abortion and same-sex marriage) would be most important to their presidential vote (10.9%)."

This is a big shift from the 2004 presidential election when foreign policy issues were seen just as important as economic issues.

March 13, 2008 | Related News



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