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Ohio Voters are Unenthused, Fearful and Ready for Radical Change

The poll shows 42 percent of voters in Ohio are less enthusiastic this year.
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The poll shows 42 percent of voters in Ohio are less enthusiastic this year.
The poll shows 42 percent of voters in Ohio are less enthusiastic this year.
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The poll shows 42 percent of voters in Ohio are less enthusiastic this year.

The needle has moved very little in swing-state Ohio, where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton remain in a dead heat. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze has more from the latestQuinnipiac Poll. 

Ohio voters are divided and discouraged

The poll shows Clinton and Trump tied with 41 percent each if the election were held today. That compares to a 40-40 split three weeks ago, indicating a small share of the already small group ofundecidedshave shifted each way. If LibertarianGary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein were in the mix, the race between Trump and Clinton remains a virtual tie.More than four-out-of-every 10 Ohio voters say they’re less enthusiastic about this year’s presidential election than those in the past, and the negative numbers for both Clinton and Trump remain high – about 60 percent for each.The poll also shows Ohio voters think they’ve been hurt by foreign trade, are falling behind economically, overwhelmingly think public officials don’t care about them and think it’s time for a radical change.

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M.L. Schultze came to WKSU as news director in July 2007 after 25 years at The Repository in Canton, where she was managing editor for nearly a decade. She’s now the digital editor and an award-winning reporter and analyst who has appeared on NPR, Here and Now and the TakeAway, as well as being a regular panelist on Ideas, the WVIZ public television's reporter roundtable.