Hey Dan Moadus:Poll shows voters still sour on Issue 2

[Dan Moadus]

It really is a shame, but it is a shame for all the public workers who will be hurt soon. Whether Issue2 succeeds is really of little importance. It was only a bill designed to let the public worker down a little easier, to sort of cushion the fall. You can be sure of this: The public worker will be subject to each and every provision of SB5 when there is no longer the possibility of tricky book keeping or the infusion of federal money.

SB5 was merrily an opportunity to stretch dwindling resources a few more years, and to acclimate the employees to their new reality.  As is usually the case people choose to learn the hard way. Just ask any former Packard Electric employee.

[irishbobcat]

Hey Dan, looks like you and your pro-Kasich lovers are going down to a huge
defeat this November......

looks like the little guy and the middle class are rejecting all your pro-republican opinions...

From today's Columbus Dispatch....


Poll shows voters still sour on Issue 2



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.

"The opponents had seen their 24-point margin in July close over the summer and early autumn. As we enter the home stretch, however, they have once again taken a commanding lead. Except for Republicans, just about every demographic group favors repealing the law."

The measure to strip many collective bargaining rights from state and local government workers is a centerpiece of the legislative agenda for Gov. John Kasich and Republican-dominated legislature.

"Anything is possible in politics, but with such across-the-board support for repealing SB 5, the governor and his team can't be optimistic about the fate of their law," Brown said.

Melissa Fazekas, spokeswoman for We Are Ohio, said in a release, "The latest results of the Quinnipiac Poll once again show that Ohioans fully understand the need to stop Senate Bill 5 by voting no on Issue 2.

"The enthusiasm and motivation of our thousands of volunteers is at an all time high. Ohioans understand that Issue 2 is unfair and unsafe and bad for our local communities. They are standing side by side with their friends and family members who are public employees and saying it didn't have to be this way."

Jason Mauk, spokesman for the Building a Better Ohio campaign, said, "Polling that asks voters the question they will see on the ballot shows a much closer race. We continue to make progress when the facts are compared side-by-side, but we're also facing the most deceptive and well-funded opponents of reform you'll find anywhere in the country.

"They've spent millions of dollars on emotional scare tactics designed to keep Ohioans from learning the truth about Issue 2. Unfortunately, they're only hurting themselves. They're willing to spend whatever it takes to defend business as usual, and the result will be more layoffs, more cuts and higher taxes."

Kasich's job approval also has dropped in the past month, from a net of minus 9 percentage points to minus 16. And for the first time a majority of Ohio voters – 52 percent – disapprove of his performance, compared to 36 percent who approve.

"The good news, if there is good news in this survey, for Gov. Kasich is that he has another three years until he faces re-election, which gives him a lot more time to change voter attitudes than he has about SB 5," said Brown.

The opposition to the state issue is now almost universal, except for Republicans, who oppose repeal 59 percent to 32 percent. But Democrats back repeal 77 percent to 13 percent. Perhaps most important, independent voters oppose Issue 2 by 56 percent to 32 percent.

Brown points out that the "no" side crosses gender, racial, income and education groups. The percentages:

Men, 54-38 percent; women, 58-27.

Those without college degrees, 56-30 percent; those with degrees, 57-37.