Ohio Poll Released by LA Times Bloomberg: Barack Obama 49%, John McCain 40%

Here are the latest results from the Ohio poll by LA Times Bloomberg published on USAElectionPolls.com:

There were 644 voters polled on 10/25-27.

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Voters in the battleground state of Ohio have swung toward the blue end of the spectrum in this presidential election, and are choosing their candidate on the basis of domestic issues and the desire for change in Washington, according to the latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey. The presidential candidate picked as best to lead the country through troubled economic times and bring change was Barack Obama. The survey also found that early voters in Ohio have cast their ballots overwhelmingly for the Democratic candidate and among all who have already voted or are likely to do so, he is in position to win Ohio’s 20 electoral votes if the election were held today, as he leads Republican candidate John McCain among likely voters by nine points and by seven points among all registered voters, a finding just outside the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points for likely voters and plus or minus three for all registered.

The Economy and The Election in a Swing State

Ohio had already been hit hard by economic changes over the last decades, struggling to adapt as manufacturing jobs have left the Rust Belt and moved overseas. The decline in the auto and steel industries haven’t helped. Last August, Forbes Magazine published a top 10 list of dying American cities, based on sluggish growth, declining populations, falling real estate values and high unemployment rates, and included four Ohio cities on that list. While manufacturing jobs are slowly being replaced by information and service sector jobs many areas in Ohio are still struggling with high unemployment and declining populations. So it is not surprising that the survey found voters in the state, even more so than voters nationwide, unhappy about the direction the country is going and unhappy with the policies of president George W. Bush.

Source: Recent Polls, Electoral College Results