OH-Quinnipiac: Sen. Brown (D) leads Blackwell, Mandel & Coughlin

[Tender Branson]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Sherrod Brown is handling his job as United States Senator?

49% Approve
30% Disapprove

(If registered Republican) If the 2012 Republican primary for United States Senator were being held today, and the candidates were Ken Blackwell, Josh Mandel, and Kevin Coughlin for whom would you vote?

33% Blackwell
17% Mandel
  5% Coughlin

If the 2012 election for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Sherrod Brown the Democrat, and Ken Blackwell the Republican for whom would you vote?

44% Brown
35% Blackwell

If the 2012 election for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Sherrod Brown the Democrat, and Josh Mandel the Republican for whom would you vote?

45% Brown
31% Mandel

If the 2012 election for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Sherrod Brown the Democrat, and Kevin Coughlin the Republican for whom would you vote?

44% Brown
28% Coughlin

From May 10 - 16, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,379 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1602

[Landslide Lyndon]

Impressive approvals. Goes to show that voters actually appreciate more a politician that sticks to his beliefs rather than someone who tries to please everybody (cough*Max Baucus*cough).

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Impressive approvals. Goes to show that voters actually appreciate more a politician that sticks to his beliefs rather than someone who tries to please everybody (cough*Max Baucus*cough).

[Eraserhead]

Still really glad he wasn't up in '10.

[Lief 🗽]

Republicans have imploded in the Midwest in record time.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It seems to me that Ohio has an amazingly bipolar electorate.

[memphis]

     It seems to me that Ohio has an amazingly bipolar electorate.

All the Great Lakes states are like this. You can't be a moderate and win in the primary, but the states are evenly divided so either party's nominee could win.

[HAnnA MArin County]

     It seems to me that Ohio has an amazingly bipolar electorate.

I think that's America in general.

As per the comment about Republicans imploding in the Midwest, agree. The GOP talks about how bad government is, then they get elected and prove it.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

     It seems to me that Ohio has an amazingly bipolar electorate.

Even for the midwest

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Kenneth Blackwell is the least likely to be competetive towards Brown.

[Rowan]

How is the mid 40's impressive?

[cinyc]

How is the mid 40's impressive?

He's a Democrat.  If he were a Republican, it would be a sure sign that he was an incumbent who is on track to lose the general election.

[TJ in Oregon]

It depends who the Republican is. If it's Blackwell, Brown will easily be re-elected. If it's Mandel, it is still up in the air because Ohio voters probably don't have an esablished opinion of him yet. I have no idea who Coughlin even is, so that makes me doubt he could be elected.

The fact that Brown is in the mid-40s does mean that his re-election is not a given.

[Holmes]

How is the mid 40's impressive?

He's a Democrat.  If he were a Republican, it would be a sure sign that he was an incumbent who is on track to lose the general election.

I guess it would be as impressive as Carly Fiorina having a 49% approval in California?