Poll: Ohioans satisfied with Kasich

COLUMBUS — Ohio voters are happy with Gov. John Kasich and satisfied with the way things are going in the state, according to new survey by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Kasich’s approval rating was higher than the governors of two other swing states, outpacing voters’ responses in Florida and Pennsylvania.

“While Gov. John Kasich decides whether to take the presidential plunge, he has plenty of good will left with Buckeye voters,” Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll, said in a released statement. “With a 55 percent job approval rating, he has little to worry about at home. Voters are optimistic about Ohio’s future under Gov. Kasich.”

Connecticut-based Quinnipiac regularly gauges voters’ opinions on candidates and issues in Ohio and other swing states.

For the poll released today — the fourth by the group in the past week — Quinnipiac questioned 943 registered Ohio voters. The results have a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.

Among Ohioans, 72 percent of those questioned said they were “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with the way things are going in the state.