Trump brings good news to GOP, leads Hillary in Ohio, Quinnipiac poll, April 27-May 5, 2016. Ohio is must-win for GOP but Romney and Paul Ryan lost Ohio in 2012, and McCain lost it in 2008

April 27-May 5, 2016, 1045 Ohio registered voters, live interviews via landline and cellphone, 3% error margin

5/10/16, "May 10, 2016 - Clinton-Trump Close In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds," Quinnipiac University

Q. 1, Ohio, if presidential election held today?  
Trump 43 (Forty-three)
Clinton 39

Q. 11, Ohio, better handling the economy?

Trump 52
Clinton 40

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Q. 12, Ohio, better handling terrorism?

Trump 48 (Forty-eight)
Clinton 43

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Below, in 2012 Romney and Paul Ryan lost Ohio by 166, 272 votes.

Above, Nov. 2012 final Ohio results Romney v Obama, Real Clear Politics chart 
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Added: "2012 Presidential General Election Results," uselectionatlas.org
 

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In 2008 in Ohio, McCain lost 46.9 to Obama's 51.5, a total of 262,224 votes

***Aug. 29, 2008-McCain names Palin his running mate. 

***Sept. 24, 2008: McCain suspends his campaign to deal with TARP and bailout crisis

Real Clear Politics chart

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