Reply #16: OH- Hey,they're cancelling a pre-primary poll,should it seem suspicious? [View All]

[Algorem]

or should I be comfortably numb?

http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/openers/

The Nohio Poll

Don't look for an Ohio Poll later this spring as the GOP primany race for governor between Jim Petro and Ken Blackwell roars to its May 2 denouement. Pollsters at the University of Cincinnati say they just don't have the money to sample the public's pulse and predict a winner.

The Ohio Poll, which began in the 1980s, is an independent survey that's been remarkably reliable over the years: In November 2004, last-minute numbers showed President Bush would beat John Kerry in Ohio, a correct call that contradicted some national polls coloring the state blue.

There will only be 4 or 5 Ohio Polls in 2006, says Eric Rademacher, the U.C. professor who runs it. He'll put one out in March, then save the rest for after the primary.

''It's money," he lamented. "In some years we've done up to 12 polls, but not this year. It would really be nice to predict who's going to win the primary."

--Bill Sloat