Clinton, Giuliani hold lead in Ohio race

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Ohio.

THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS

Hillary Clinton 32 percent

Barack Obama 22 percent

Al Gore 14 percent

John Edwards 11 percent

(all other candidates below 5 percent)

THE NUMBERS - REPUBLICANS

Rudy Giuliani 31 percent

John McCain 20 percent

Newt Gingrich 8 percent

Mitt Romney 6 percent

Fred Thompson 6 percent

(all other candidates below 5 percent)

The Quinnipiac poll was conducted March 13-19. For the Democratic candidates, 431 Democratic voters and those who say they lean Democratic were asked their preference to win the Democratic nomination. The sampling error plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. For the Republican candidates, 385 Republican voters were asked their preference for the GOP nomination. The sampling error was plus or minus 5 points.

OF INTEREST: Clinton is seen favorably by 48 percent and unfavorably by 41 percent. Her negatives among Ohio voters are higher than the negative ratings of any of the other top Democrats or Republicans.

COMPLETE RESULTS: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml