Emerson College Polling revealed that J.D. Vance was the Trump-backed Republican nominee to Ohio’s U.S. Senate Seat. Republicans have overtaken Democrats in Buckeye State.
Vance leads Ryan, according to the Emerson College latest poll. The poll found that 45 percent of the 925 general election voters would vote for Vance over the 42 percent who would vote for Ryan. Four percent said they would vote for someone else and ten percent were undecided.
In fact, when the voters were asked, “regardless of whom they support, which candidate they expect to win,” a majority of the respondents (52 percent) said Vance would win, compared to the 48 percent who said Ryan.
Executive Director of Emerson College polling Spencer Kimball said:
Both Vance & Ryan have strong support bases and Vance narrows the gap to one point among highly motivated and likely voters in Ohio. Vance is ahead by more votes among slightly likely or motivated voters.
OHIO US SENATE POLL@JDVance1 45%@TimRyan 42%
Someone else 4%
Undecided 10%https://t.co/Wbn2Z7xuZF pic.twitter.com/eAk0oJ7GMD— Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) August 17, 2022
Republicans are also in the lead, with double-digits on general congressional ballots.
The Republicans on the Ohio generic congressional ballot hold a ten point lead over the Democrats, 51 percent to 41 percent. Eight percent remained undecided.
In Ohio, President Joe Biden has an approval rating of only 39 percent and a 56 percent disapproval.
In a hypothetical 2024 poll between Biden and former President Donald Trump, the former president leads with a majority of the vote with 53 percent compared to the 39 percent who would vote for Biden.
This comes after the recent FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, which showed that 39 percent of Ohio voters are “more likely” to support Trump if he runs for president in 2024. This is compared to only 35 percent who said the raid made them “less likely” to support Trump and the 27 percent who said the raid “makes no difference” in who they would vote for.
The Emerson College poll was conducted from August 15 to 16 and asked 925 somewhat and very likely general election voters. There was also a margin for error of 3.2 per cent.
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