Suffolk University Likely Democratic Primary Voters AREA N= 400 100% Cuyahoga ....................................... 1 ( 1/182) 72 18% Northeast ...................................... 2 119 30% Central ........................................ 3 106 27% Northwest ...................................... 4 30 8% Cincinnati ..................................... 5 73 18% START Hello! I am calling from Suffolk University. We are conducting a brief five minute survey of voters in your area this weekend. Would you be willing to spend five minutes to help us out/help us complete the survey? N= 400 100% Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/184) 400 100% S6 RECORD RESPONDENT GENDER N= 400 100% Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/185) 181 45% Female ......................................... 2 219 55% S1 S1. Are you a registered voter in Ohio? N= 400 100% Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/186) 400 100% No ............................................. 2 0 0% S2 S2. Do you plan to vote in the Democratic or Republican Primary? N= 400 100% Democratic ..................................... 1 ( 1/189) 400 100% Republican ..................................... 2 0 0% UNDECIDED/NEITHER .............................. 3 0 0% S3 S3. Can you tell me when the Ohio Democratic Primary for US Senate will be held? N= 400 100% May 4th ........................................ 1 ( 1/192) 261 65% May (GENERAL--NO SPECIFIC DATE) ................ 2 88 22% Tuesday (GENERAL--NO SPECIFIC TUESDAY) ......... 3 13 3% Next Tuesday ................................... 4 27 7% Next Week ...................................... 5 11 3% ANY OTHER RESPONSE ............................. 6 0 0% S4 S4. Are you currently registered as a Democrat, Republican, or Unaffiliated? N= 400 100% Democrat ....................................... 1 ( 1/195) 382 96% Republican ..................................... 2 2 1% Unaffiliated ................................... 3 16 4% S5 S5. To clarify, you are a registered Republican who plans to vote in the Democratic primary? N= 2 100% Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/196) 2 100% No ............................................. 2 0 0% S7 S7. Of the following categories, which comes closest to your age: N= 400 100% 18-25 .......................................... 1 ( 1/199) 6 2% 26-35 .......................................... 2 12 3% 36-45 .......................................... 3 34 9% 46-55 .......................................... 4 69 17% 56-65 .......................................... 5 102 26% 66-75 .......................................... 6 94 24% Over 75 ........................................ 7 82 21% U.S. Senate 1 April 30, 2010 Suffolk University Likely Democratic Primary Voters REFUSED ........................................ 8 1 0% S8 S8. Are you? N= 400 100% White (Caucasian) .............................. 1 ( 1/200) 344 86% Black (African American) ....................... 2 44 11% Asian .......................................... 3 4 1% Hispanic/Latino ................................ 4 3 1% OTHER (SPECIFY) ................................ 5 2 1% REFUSED ........................................ 6 3 1% PRE01 I'm going to read you the names of some state and national candidates. For each one, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of them. First, take Barack Obama... N= 400 100% Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/201) 400 100% Q1 Q1. Is your opinion of Barack Obama generally favorable or generally unfavorable? N= 400 100% Favorable ...................................... 1 ( 1/202) 343 86% Unfavorable .................................... 2 48 12% UNDECIDED (HEARD OF BUT CAN'T RATE) ............ 3 7 2% DON'T KNOW (NEVER HEARD OF) .................... 4 2 1% Q2 Q2. Is your opinion of Rob Portman generally favorable or generally unfavorable? N= 400 100% Favorable ...................................... 1 ( 1/203) 59 15% Unfavorable .................................... 2 97 24% UNDECIDED (HEARD OF BUT CAN'T RATE) ............ 3 79 20% DON'T KNOW (NEVER HEARD OF) .................... 4 165 41% Q3 Q3. Is your opinion of Lee Fisher generally favorable or generally unfavorable? N= 400 100% Favorable ...................................... 1 ( 1/204) 258 65% Unfavorable .................................... 2 46 12% UNDECIDED (HEARD OF BUT CAN'T RATE) ............ 3 53 13% DON'T KNOW (NEVER HEARD OF) .................... 4 43 11% Q4 Q4. Is your opinion of Jennifer Brunner (BROON-er) generally favorable or generally unfavorable? N= 400 100% Favorable ...................................... 1 ( 1/205) 184 46% Unfavorable .................................... 2 51 13% UNDECIDED (HEARD OF BUT CAN'T RATE) ............ 3 67 17% DON'T KNOW (NEVER HEARD OF) .................... 4 98 25% Q5 Q5. Is your opinion of John Kasich (CASE-ick) generally favorable or generally unfavorable? N= 400 100% Favorable ...................................... 1 ( 1/206) 78 20% Unfavorable .................................... 2 115 29% UNDECIDED (HEARD OF BUT CAN'T RATE) ............ 3 78 20% DON'T KNOW (NEVER HEARD OF) .................... 4 129 32% U.S. Senate 2 April 30, 2010 Suffolk University Likely Democratic Primary Voters Q6 Q6. Is your opinion of George Voinovich (VOY-nuh-vich) generally favorable or generally unfavorable? N= 400 100% Favorable ...................................... 1 ( 1/207) 203 51% Unfavorable .................................... 2 142 36% UNDECIDED (HEARD OF BUT CAN'T RATE) ............ 3 43 11% DON'T KNOW (NEVER HEARD OF) .................... 4 12 3% Q7 Q7. If the Democratic Primary for Senate was held today and the candidates were...(READ FIRST 2 CHOICES)...for whom will you vote or toward whom would you LEAN at this time? N= 400 100% Jennifer Brunner ............................... 1 ( 1/208) 109 27% Lee Fisher ..................................... 2 218 55% UNDECIDED ...................................... 3 71 18% REFUSED ........................................ 4 2 1% Q8 Q8. Which candidate has a better chance of defeating Rob Portman in the November General election? N= 400 100% Brunner ........................................ 1 ( 1/209) 59 15% Fisher ......................................... 2 221 55% UNDECIDED ...................................... 3 118 30% REFUSED ........................................ 4 2 1% Q9 {FISHER VOTERS ONLY} Q9. If Jennifer Brunner wins the Democratic Primary who will you vote for in the November General Election? (READ LIST) N= 218 100% Democrat Jennifer Brunner ...................... 1 ( 1/210) 157 72% Republican Rob Portman ......................... 2 13 6% one of the Independent candidates .............. 3 21 10% or you will not vote at all? ................... 4 27 12% Q10 {BRUNNER VOTERS ONLY} Q10. If Lee Fisher wins the Democratic Primary who will you vote for in the November General Election? (READ LIST) N= 109 100% Democrat Lee Fisher ............................ 1 ( 1/211) 81 74% Republican Rob Portman ......................... 2 9 8% one of the Independent candidates .............. 3 8 7% or you will not vote at all? ................... 4 11 10% Q11 Q11. Which independent will you support in the November General Election? ( READ FIRST 8 CHOICES) N= 29 100% Independent Eric Deaton ........................ 01 ( 1/212) 0 0% Eric Lamont Gregory ............................ 02 1 3% Stephen Lahanas ................................ 03 0 0% Dave Myers ..................................... 06 0 0% Adam Shaffer ................................... 07 4 14% Jeremy Swartz .................................. 08 1 3% Libertarian Steve Linnabary .................... 04 1 3% Socialist Daniel Labotz ........................ 05 0 0% UNDECIDED ...................................... 09 21 72% REFUSED ........................................ 10 1 3% Q12 Q12. Governor Ted Strickland has endorsed Lee Fisher for the Democratic primary for Senate. Does this make you more or less likely to support Fisher U.S. Senate 3 April 30, 2010 Suffolk University Likely Democratic Primary Voters in the May 4th Primary? N= 400 100% More likely .................................... 1 ( 1/214) 199 50% Less likely .................................... 2 39 10% NO DIFFERENCE .................................. 3 162 41% Q13 Q13. Which candidate has run a more negative campaign? (READ FIRST 2 CHOICES) N= 400 100% Jennifer Brunner ............................... 1 ( 1/215) 62 16% Lee Fisher ..................................... 2 41 10% UNDECIDED ...................................... 3 284 71% REFUSED ........................................ 4 13 3% Q14 Q14. The secretary of state's office recently added a directive that states that any person wishing to change parties on May 4th must sign a QUOTE " loyalty oath" to their new party and lying to the oath is punishable under election falsification. Would you say you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or strongly disagree with this directive? N= 400 100% Strongly agree ................................. 1 ( 1/216) 41 10% Somewhat agree ................................. 2 70 18% Somewhat disagree .............................. 3 73 18% Strongly disagree .............................. 4 182 46% UNDECIDED ...................................... 5 27 7% REFUSED ........................................ 6 7 2% DEMO I just have two final questions to help us classify your responses with others taking the survey... N= 400 100% Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/217) 400 100% Q15 Q15. Is there a union member in your household? N= 400 100% Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/218) 95 24% No ............................................. 2 304 76% UNDECIDED ...................................... 3 1 0% REFUSED ........................................ 4 0 0% Q16 Q16. Do you currently have children in the school system? N= 400 100% Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/219) 54 14% No ............................................. 2 346 87% UNDECIDED ...................................... 3 0 0% REFUSED ........................................ 4 0 0% U.S. Senate 4 April 30, 2010 .