Presidential race tied in Ohio, poll shows

[IamK]

COLUMBUS — The presidential race in Ohio is too close to call with 45 percent of voters supporting President Barack Obama and 44 percent backing Republican Mitt Romney, according to a poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University.

Even if Romney were to pick U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Cincinnati as his running mate, the numbers hardly budge. A Romney-Portman ticket garners 45 percent support while the Obama-Biden ticket gets 45 percent, the poll found.

“Adding Sen. Rob Portman to the Romney ticket produces no measurable change, despite speculation about Portman’s potential for helping Romney carry the key state of Ohio,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling institute.

But a few percentage points can make a big difference. In 2004 President Bush defeated Democrat John Kerry by 2.1 percent.

[deutsey]

1. Sigh...here we go again.

[Kolesar]

2. "Undecideds, likely voters,"

"Soccer moms, NASCAR dads, union gun owners, Generation Xers, Generation Why",
"Why isn't the Democrat winning"?

[cindyperry2010]

3. This is all that matters

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html

[railsback]

4. Did Kerry lose Ohio?

Or did Kenneth Blackwell pull off one of the biggest coups by handing Bush the election while destroying the ballots, sending us barreling head on into the 2nd worst financial crisis in history?

[n2doc]

5. I just hope it doesn't come down to Ohio, again

or Florida. I am really sick of relying on states run by corrupt repubs to win elections.

[Auggie]

6. + 1,000,000