Poll: Strong majority favors Issue 1 in Ohio

(The Center Square) – A substantial majority of Ohio voters want to change the way the state draws political districts based on a new poll.

The Bowling Green State University and Public Policy Research Network poll of 1,000 likely voters shows 60% favor Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove the redistricting process from political leaders and replace them with a 15-member independent commission.

“In both 2015 and 2018, Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved measures designed to reduce partisan gerrymandering,” Bowling Green Professor of Political Science Melissa Miller said. "Our results suggest we’re headed for a similar result in 2024."

Eighty-two percent of Democrats and 57% of independents favor Issue 1, while only 41% of Republicans support it.




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