President Barack Obama’s approval has hit a new low of 40 percent to 57 percent in Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University survey of registered voters.
"Since last December he has lost 10 points among Democrats and 17 points among independent voters," Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, told Newsmax. "He has gone from a 20-point approval margin among women to a 9-point disapproval margin among female voters."
Newsmax reports:
The findings are significant, as Ohio has proven a bellwether of presidential elections, having sided with every winning candidate in the past seven decades except John F. Kennedy. […]
The Quinnipiac University survey of registered Ohio voters also found that if the presidential election were held today, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be in a dead heat in the critical swing state, each at 42 percent support.
Clinton, however, would beat Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in a head-to-head contest, 47 percent to 44 percent.
