Poll: Voters favor bargaining bill (SB5) repeal, cool to Gov. Kasich

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A majority of Ohio registered voters want to repeal Senate Bill 5, legislation restricting public employee collective bargaining rights, and they’re not warming up very much to the performance of Republican Gov. John Kasich, a key backer of that bill.

Those are two key findings from an independent Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. In the poll, 54 percent favored repeal of the collective bargaining law, while 36 percent opposed repeal. Unions and Democrat are leading a petition drive to gather signatures to put the repeal on the Nov. 8 ballot.

By a 49-38 percent spread in the poll, voters disapproved Kasich’s performance. That’s slightly better approval for Kasich than May poll results when just 30 percent approved, compared to 46 percent who disapproved.

The other half was asked a different question: should just spending cuts be considered or should tax hikes on the wealthy also be part of the plan? This time, 50 percent favored cuts and tax hikes on the wealthy, while 42 percent backed only cuts.

The poll found a partisan split on key issues, including the proposed repeal of the bargaining law, with independents playing a key role. Seventy-two percent of Democrats favored the repeal, more than double the 33 percent of Republicans who took this position. Among independents, 56 percent favored repeal.