Plain Dealer poll...

PD Poll

If you don't want to actually read it:

Senate:
Brown - 45
DeWine - 43
Undecided - 10

(DeWine tightens the race, further cutting into Brown's lead.)

Governor:
Strickland - 53
Blackwell - 36
Undecided - 9

(Blackwell leads in one geographic area: SW Ohio. Similarly, SW Ohio is the only geographic locale where Strickland garners less than 50%.)

Atty General:
Dann - 37
Montgomery - 47
Undecided - 16

(Not bad considering that Marc Dann has virtually no name recognition beyond his constituency. Considerable # undecided.)

Secretary of State:
Brunner - 35
Hartmann - 32
Other - 3
Undecided - 30

Treasurer:
Cordray - 40
O'Brien - 31
Undecided - 29

(Huge #s undecided.)

Minimum Wage Increase?
Yes - 73
No - 20
Undecided - 7

Slot Machine Gambling?
Yes - 36
No - 52
Undecided - 12

(Not even in NE Ohio does Learn and Earn obtain even a plurality.)

Issues 4 and 5 just are mind-blowing. One (5 - voter initiative) is to ban smoking in public locations and places of employment, with a couple exceptions. The other (4 - constituional amendment) is to ban smoking in "enclosed areas" except for homes, bars, smoking areas in restaurants (think peeing in a pool), bowling alleys, bingo halls, and pretty much everywhere else. So it does nothing. And it's a constitutional amendment, meaning that if both 4 and 5 pass, 4 takes primacy and is the law. And it's stupid. Beyond Learn and Earn stupid for using the ability of the public to amend the state constitution.

That said...

Issue 4 (Smoke Less Ohio):
Yes - 45
No - 40
Undecided - 15

Issue 5 (Smoke Free Ohio):
Yes - 58
No - 30
Undecided - 12

I loathe issue 4. Loathe it. It's such a sham.