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Poll: Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy by 10 points in Ohio governor's race
A new poll of likely November 2026 Ohio voters shows Democrat Amy Acton leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy by 10 percentage points in the race for governor — a striking reversal from just six months ago, when Ramaswamy held a double-digit lead of his own.
The survey, conducted by EMC Research from Feb. 10 to Feb. 22, found Acton leading 53% to 43% among 1,343 likely November 2026 voters, with a margin of error of ±2.7 percentage points. Newsweek was among the first outlets to report on the results.
The result is the latest indicator of a race that has moved sharply in Acton’s direction. In August 2025, an Emerson College poll had Ramaswamy up by 10 points — 49% to Acton’s 39%. By December, that same pollster found the race statistically tied, with Acton at 46% and Ramaswamy at 45%. The new February numbers represent an additional lurch in Acton’s favor, driven in part by what analysts and polling data suggest are several compounding vulnerabilities for the Republican front-runner.
Ramaswamy struggling with his own party
Perhaps the most telling number in the new poll is among Republican voters: Ramaswamy is drawing only 65% support from his own base. Acton, by contrast, has consolidated 82% of Democratic voters. Independent voters are breaking 51%-46% for the Democrat.
That weak Republican number tracks with what political observers have noted throughout the campaign. Despite holding the endorsement of President Donald Trump and the Ohio Republican Party — which made an unusually early endorsement of Ramaswamy last spring — the candidate has faced persistent skepticism within GOP ranks.
Former Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who is term-limited and cannot run again, worked behind the scenes to block the party’s early endorsement of Ramaswamy, according to reporting by NBC News. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who eventually suspended his own gubernatorial campaign after the party coalesced around Ramaswamy, was previously blunt in his criticism. “Mr. Ramaswamy quit on President Trump and DOGE on day one, he quit on Ohio and moved his company to Texas, and he quit his presidential campaign after a devastating fourth-place finish in Iowa,” Yost said when Ramaswamy entered the race.
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Poll: Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy by 10 points in Ohio governor's race
A new poll of likely November 2026 Ohio voters shows Democrat Amy Acton leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy by 10 percentage points in the race for governor — a striking reversal from just six months ago, when Ramaswamy held a double-digit lead of his own.
The survey, conducted by EMC Research from Feb. 10 to Feb. 22, found Acton leading 53% to 43% among 1,343 likely November 2026 voters, with a margin of error of ±2.7 percentage points. Newsweek was among the first outlets to report on the results.
The result is the latest indicator of a race that has moved sharply in Acton’s direction. In August 2025, an Emerson College poll had Ramaswamy up by 10 points — 49% to Acton’s 39%. By December, that same pollster found the race statistically tied, with Acton at 46% and Ramaswamy at 45%. The new February numbers represent an additional lurch in Acton’s favor, driven in part by what analysts and polling data suggest are several compounding vulnerabilities for the Republican front-runner.
Ramaswamy struggling with his own party
Perhaps the most telling number in the new poll is among Republican voters: Ramaswamy is drawing only 65% support from his own base. Acton, by contrast, has consolidated 82% of Democratic voters. Independent voters are breaking 51%-46% for the Democrat.
That weak Republican number tracks with what political observers have noted throughout the campaign. Despite holding the endorsement of President Donald Trump and the Ohio Republican Party — which made an unusually early endorsement of Ramaswamy last spring — the candidate has faced persistent skepticism within GOP ranks.
Former Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who is term-limited and cannot run again, worked behind the scenes to block the party’s early endorsement of Ramaswamy, according to reporting by NBC News. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who eventually suspended his own gubernatorial campaign after the party coalesced around Ramaswamy, was previously blunt in his criticism. “Mr. Ramaswamy quit on President Trump and DOGE on day one, he quit on Ohio and moved his company to Texas, and he quit his presidential campaign after a devastating fourth-place finish in Iowa,” Yost said when Ramaswamy entered the race.
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#ohio #oh #amyacton #acton #vivek #vivekramaswamy #trump #donaldtrump #governor #election #midterms #sherrod #brown #sherrodbrown #husted #johnhusted #progressivevoice #theprogressivevoice
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