PPP: Kasich is tied to be the least popular Governor in the nation.

We all know how John Kasich has this Florida fetish.  Well, now as Ohio’s Governor, Kasich might help Ohio beat Florida… in having the least popular Governor in the nation.

PPP, a Democratic polling outfit, just released it’s latest Ohio poll, and it disagrees with the finding of the latest Quinnipiac, which showed Kasich with a modest bounce in the polls, but still deeply underwater.  Whereas Quinny showed Kasich with a slight improvement among independents; PPP shows his standing with Republicans has deteriorated instead.

PPP instead finds Kasich’s approval rating getting worse.  According to PPP, Kasich’s approval/disapproval rating stands at 33% to 56%, down from 35%-54% in March.  This places Kasich in tie with Florida Governor Rick Scott as the least popular Governor in office in the nation right now.

In fact, PPP finds that in a rematch against former Governor Ted Strickland, Strickland’s hypothetical lead has GROWN from fifteen points in March to TWENTY-FIVE POINTS NOW.  Strickland would crush Kasich in a rematch presently getting the support of 59% to 34%… in other words, what Strickland did against Ken Blackwell in 2006.  According to PPP, independents have essentially flipped on Kasich since the election.

55% of Ohioans presently support repealing SB 5; only 35% plan to vote to let the law stand.  This is virtually the same split found in Quinnipiac, including the same roughly quarter of Republicans who support repealing SB 5.

45% of voters, however, would support a constitutional amendment enshrining collective bargaining rights, but only 32% would oppose such an amendment.

The poll also finds that in Ohio Democrats have a NINE-POINT lead on the generic Congressional ballot question (43%-34%.)  While like Quinnipiac, PPP shows that Kasich has a problem with female voters, it also shows (albeit by a lesser extent) that Kasich is underwater with male voters, too.

Large majority of Ohioans still support keeping gay marriage illegal by a 53%/31% margin, but among registered voters 18-29 years old, they are evenly split, which suggests at least the possibility that opposition to gay marriage could die out over time.

Incidentally, PPP found that LeBron James has a 23% to 49% favorability/unfavorability rating.  That means that John Kasich’s approval rating polls worse than LeBron James does in Ohio.