Poll shows voters still sour on Issue 2 (Ohio)

[Bill McBlueState]

Source: Columbus Dispatch

Two weeks before election day, Ohioans appear ready to stomp Senate Bill 5 out of existence.

The measure, on the statewide ballot as Issue 2, is going down by 25 points in a new Quinnipiac Poll released this morning.

That’s a return to the mid-summer levels, before TV advertising began. The push to repeal the law was leading by only 13 points in a Quinnipiac Poll released Sept. 27, but by 24 points on July 20.

“With two weeks until Election Day, the opponents of SB 5 have strong reason to be optimistic,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a release.

Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/10/25/poll-shows-voters-still-sour-on-issue-2.html

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This is the Ohio law that largely wipes out collective bargaining for public employees. Looks like it's going to be handily smacked down at the polls in two weeks. It's also had the effect of revitalizing Ohio Democrats more quickly than anyone had hoped. Great news!

[Scuba]

1. Ohio rawks!!!! Love from Wisconsin!!

[Bill McBlueState]

2. it's a case of over-reach by the Republicans

There are *parts* of the law that have majority support. But working people have successfully framed this as an unfair attack on teachers, police officers, and firemen. Even the conservatives I know are opposed to it -- they don't think fixing the state's financial problems should be placed on a subset of middle-class workers.

[OhioChick]

3. Good News

:thumbsup:

[Iliyah]

4. Yippee!

But they have to be on their toes b/c we all know how trusthworthy the gopers are.

[defendandprotect]

5. kr

[pampango]

6. Fantastic. It needs to be stomped so repubs don't try to enact something simliar. n/t