The Ohio Legislature has done their best trying to draw national attention this year, but they've remained the ugly step-sister to Wisconsin on virtually issue. While the lack of coverage has kept Governor John Kasich out of the national spotlight, it certainly has not helped his prospects in Ohio, where Public Policy Polling found in mid-March that he would lose a hypothetical rematch with Governor Ted Strickland 55-40 - a full 17 point swing in electoral margin.
Now, Kasich's leadership from the top has been problematic. In the midst of all the scrutiny over the new crop of Republican governors in the Midwest, Kasich still got himself enough camera time to rub people the wrong way. But ultimately, what makes the case in Ohio interesting is that people haven't soured on Kasich because of a scandal (though his effort to make his cabinet as white and male as possible was noble nonetheless); his fortunes have changed because voters appear to fundamentally disagree with the policies he has proposed - policies like Senate Bill 5 that have been given the green light from the Ohio legislature.
So if voters are chomping at the bit for an opportunity to swap out Kasich, what do they think about his team on the floor of the legislature that has brought them the change they've rejected?