John Kasich's approval rating soars in Ohio

Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s standing has risen to an all-time high among voters in the Buckeye State as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest results from a Quinnipiac University poll of swing states released Tuesday.

Voters approved of Kasich’s job performance 61 percent to 28 percent, with even stronger numbers among Republicans at 84 percent to 10 percent. Among independents, he earned a 60 percent approval rating, with just 28 percent expressing disapproval. Democrats are more divided on his performance, with 46 percent approving and 44 percent disapproving.


Voters in the state also gave Republican Sen. Rob Portman high marks for his job performance, with 45 percent approving of the job he is doing compared with 26 percent who do not.

Quinnipiac also conducted surveys in Florida, where Gov. Rick Scott drew a mixed job-approval rating (45 percent to 44 percent), and in Pennsylvania, where 49 percent to 27 percent of voters said state Attorney General Kathleen Kane should resign.

On Monday, a judge ordered Kane to stand trial on charges of perjury and leaking secret grand jury information. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has previously urged his attorney general to resign.

Polls were conducted via landlines and cellphones from Aug. 7-18 in Florida, among 1,093 voters; in Ohio, among 1,096 voters; and in Pennsylvania, among 1,085 voters. The margin of error for all three polls is plus or minus 3 percentage points.