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Ohio Poll Looks at Economy, Presidential and Gubernatorial Performance

   The latest results from the Ohio Poll show that the state's residents are less impressed with the performances of President Barack Obama and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland than they were in the spring, but that they are starting to see some improvement in the performance of Ohio's economy.

Results released Friday by the Ohio Poll, conducted by the University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research, show that 52 percent of Ohioans now approve of the performance of President Obama. That's a drop of 11 percentage points from the last time the question was asked, in April polling done by the Ohio Poll. Ohio Gov. Strickland's current approval rating is 48 percent, a drop of eight percentage points from where he stood in April polling.

When asked about economic conditions, more than nine out of 10 Ohioans rated them as either "fair" or "poor" for both the state and the nation. One change from recent polls is that the percentage of Ohioans who view conditions in the state as "getting better" is on the rise, up to 33 percent. However, the majority of those polled – 54 percent – answered that they believed conditions were getting worse.

On Thursday, data released by the Ohio Poll on the topic of the H1N1 virus found that about 54 percent of Ohioans are concerned that they or someone in their household will contract the H1N1 virus. The poll also asked about plans for getting the H1N1 vaccine, and found that thus far only 34 percent of Ohioans say they plan to be vaccinated. The remaining 66 percent said they either won't get the vaccine or have not yet decided.

To read more about the latest poll results, go to: Ohio Poll release summary Web page