Poll results: Kasich gets kudos for tax hike on fracking, thumbs down on performance in office

COLUMBUS — Voters like Gov. John Kasich’s tax hike on fracking and corresponding income tax cut, but they’re still not too keen on the man himself.

That’s according to the latest survey by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, the Connecticut-based pollsters who regularly gauge Ohioan’s views on candidates, office-holders and issues.

A total of 60 percent of the 1,069 registered Ohio voters questioned over the past week said they support Kasich’s plan to increase taxes on oil and gas produced using horizontal hydraulic fracturing, with the resulting proceeds used to cut income tax rates in the state.

Sixty-four percent said the economic benefits of oil and gas drilling outweigh any environmental concerns.

But 44 percent of voters gave Kasich low marks on his performance in office, versus 41 percent who said the opposite, statistically unchanged from March polling.

The results have a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

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