Poll: Ohio Voters Remain Split On Trump's Job Performance Before Election

Nearing the election, Ohio voters remain split on President Donald Trump’s performance.

That's according to the Great Lakes Poll, conducted by the Community Research Institute at Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio Northern University and Oakland University in Michigan.

Findings show a nearly 50-50 split between Ohioans who approved of Trump’s performance versus those who disapproved, which stands out from a more decisive response from those surveyed in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

About 49.1% of Ohio voters approve of Trump’s overall performance, and about 49.6% said they disapproved, according to the study.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has noted his support of Trump, including casting a prediction that he would win Ohio again. He also hailed Trump’s “great job” in the debate against Democratic challenger Joe Biden, hosted by the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University.

Survey responders gave the president better marks for his handling of the economy and lower ones for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cleveland.com noted.

The survey was conducted between September 30 and October 9, with 4,000 likely voters between each of the four states.

“Ohio in some ways has become more conservative in that our demographics have not changed much in the last four years," Community Research Institute Director Thomas Sutton said to cleveland.com. "We have one growth area in the entire state, which is Franklin County, the Columbus area. Our state is four years older (since the last election), we’ve had no immigration to speak of. We’ve had some outmigration of younger people.”

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