BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Bowling Green State University's Democracy and Public Policy Research Network in the Department of Political Science released findings and analysis of its September web-based poll of 1,000 likely voters.
The poll was conducted from Sept. 18 to Sept. 27 and included topics of the presidential race, Ohio U.S. Senate race, Ohio Issue 1 and Ohioans' thoughts on the current political environment.
Here are a few of the results from the September poll:
Thinking ahead to the presidential election in November, how likely are you to vote?
- Almost certain - 89%
- Very likely - 9%
- Somewhat likely - 2%
If the election were held today would you vote for Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump?
- Kamala Harris - 44%
- Donald Trump - 51%
- Undecided - 4%
- Some other candidate - 1%
If the election for the U.S. Senate was held today would you vote for Democrat Sherrod Brown or Republican Bernie Moreno?
- Sherrod Brown - 49%
- Bernie Moreno - 45%
- A candidate from another party - 0%
- Undecided - 6%
If the election for the U.S. Congress was being held today, who would you vote for in the congressional district where you live?
- The Democratic candidate - 43%
- The Republican candidate - 48%
- Other - 0%
- Not sure - 8%
This November, voters will be asked whether they approve or reject Issue 1.
- Yes, in favor of Issue 1 - 60%
- No, to reject Issue 1 - 20%
- Not sure - 20%
Do you think that the country is headed in the right direction or is off on the wrong track?
- Right direction - 23%
- Wrong track - 64%
- Not sure - 13%
Do you think that Ohio is headed in the right direction or is off on the wrong track?
- Right direction - 26%
- Wrong track - 53%
- Not sure - 21%
From this list, which one of the following is most important for you when you think about voting in this November’s election?
- Inflation - 20%
- Abortion - 9%
- Guns - 2%
- Opioid Crisis - 0%
- Conflict in the Middle East - 1%
- Conflict in Ukraine - 1%
- Health care - 4%
- Threats to democracy - 17%
- Crime - 1%
- Immigration - 14%
- The Economy in general - 22%
- LGBTQ+ issues - 2%
- Foreign affairs - 0%
- Other - 5%
- Not sure - 1%
Thinking about your own economic situation over the past year, do you feel your personal economic situation has gotten better, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?
- Gotten much better - 4%
- Gotten somewhat better - 12%
- Stayed about the same - 34%
- Gotten somewhat worse - 28%
- Gotten much worse - 22%
- Not sure - 1%
Full top-line results of the poll can be found here. For the full cross-tabulation results, click here.
Democracy and Public Policy Research Network also provided expert analysis of the September poll that can be found at this link.
The university said YouGov, an international online research data and analytics technology group, gathered public opinion data through questions sent in online surveys, emails and texts.
According to BGSU, a five-person research team in the political science department developed, ordered, tested and analyzed the questions in the poll.
The university said a second poll is set to be conducted in October, but a release date has not yet been announced.
