Kasich sees record-high approval in Ohio

Still, Quinnipiac’s poll of Ohio Republicans found Kasich badly trails both Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson in the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.

In late August, when Quinnipiac last polled in Ohio, Kasich led Trump 27 percent to 21 percent.

Sixty-two percent of Ohio voters approve of the way Kasich is handling his job, his highest rating ever in the poll, while 29 percent don’t approve and 9 percent don’t know. His support is far lower in the other two swing states, at 2 percent in Florida and 3 percent in Pennsylvania. “The Ohio governor’s campaign is going in the wrong direction”.

The Quinnipiac poll was the second dose of bad news for the Kasich campaign this week.

The poll also showed slipping support for Hilary Clinton among Ohio voters when matched against a GOP opponent. The last poll of the field in Idaho, which was done a month ago, showed Donald Trump to be in first place with Ben Carson a distant second.

Quinnipiac conducted the poll from September 25 to October 5, using live interviewers to talk to 1,180 Ohio voters on landlines and cell phones.

For another locally-grown hopeful, Rand Paul, the poll showed even more discouraging support in Ohio.

A University of Richmond student says Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich demeaned her by joking about Taylor Swift tickets during a question-and-answer session at the school Monday.

Voters might ask themselves if the Mr. Kasich, who’s campaign theme is based on hope and inspiration because it apparently has nothing else to offer, would be okay with a competing candidate, Republican or Democrat, who said the same thing in the same way to his daughters?

Clinton gets 41 percent to 43 percent for Bush, and loses to Carson 49-40 percent. She edges out Trump, 43 percent to 42 percent.

Sanders gets 40 percent to 42 percent for Bush, and loses to Carson 48-36 percent.

The poll suggests Mr. Biden would beat Mr. Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, and U.S. Sen.

The Republican portion, involving 433 registered voters, and the Democratic portion, with 396, had margins of error of plus or minus 4.7 and 4.9 points respectively. He edges out Fiorina 44 percent to 42 percent, and Rubio 46 percent to 41 percent.

Sanders trails all GOP candidates besides Trump, whom he leads 44 percent to 41 percent.