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Ohio Newspaper Poll: 16% still undecided


Is that a record or something? From CQ Politics Poll Tracker Blog:

McCain is leading Obama 48 percent to 46 percent with 16 percent saying they are undecided or might change their mind before election day, according to an Ohio Newspaper Poll, parts of which were released Oct. 11. A link to the poll will be available Sunday. The margin of error is 3 points. Voters favored Obama over McCain on the issue of the economy by 47 percent to 44 percent.

The Poll Tracker has information on every state and includes information from several different polls and on different issues, by state, in many of the synopses.

The Ohio Newspaper Poll is explained in this pdf press release. The gist:

Eight Ohio daily newspapers have joined with the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research to release THE OHIO NEWSPAPER POLL, a special initiative to provide unprecedented coverage of the most comprehensive, timely and in-depth Ohio election polling results.

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The University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research (UC IPR) will conduct three surveys of likely voters focusing on the key issues that are on the minds of voters this November, including: the economy, healthcare, the environment, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Homeland Security and the presidential candidates’ stances on the issues. THE OHIO NEWSPAPER POLL will use the same likely voter methodology employed by THE OHIO POLL, which is also conducted by the UC IPR.

As for whether 16% undecideds, barely three weeks out, is a record or not, according to the Poll Tracker Blog post data, only two other states are in double-digit undecideds (if you scan all the different numbers posted from various polls from each state): Colorado with 11% and New Mexico with 14%.  Looks like the rest of the states are in the single digit undecideds, primarily in the 3%-6% range, including a few with only 1-2% undecided.  Please correct that if you see otherwise (there are a lot of numbers to parse, a matrix would be nice, hint hint).

Why oh why oh why-oh, Ohio?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:35 pm October 11th, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain, Ohio, Politics, Poll, Predictions, Voting, WH2008 

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