Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s campaign sent out an email Wednesday touting his and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s poll numbers against Hillary Clinton in swing states.
Gov. Kasich suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination in May and has yet to endorse Donald Trump. Kasich’s campaign manager John Weaver has continued to make the argument that Kasich is the best candidate for the GOP to run in the fall.
In Weaver’s email Wednesday to supporters, he pointed to a poll released Wednesday by Ballotpedia which shows Trump behind Clinton in seven swing states. “The buried news-lede though was the ballot tests: Speaker Paul Ryan and Governor Kasich against Clinton. They confirm what we said throughout the campaign: John Kasich was the very best candidate to defeat Hillary Clinton,” Weaver wrote. “On average Governor Kasich defeated Clinton by 4 points in the 7 key swing states, Speaker Ryan tied her.”
The seven states are Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. “The results get even more interesting when they modeled what the election will look like in November. Under a modeled electorate, Trump loses every swing state by 6-12 points. Governor Kasich wins 6 out of 7 swing states. Speaker Ryan wins 2 out of 7 swing states,” the Kasich campaign email continues on to say.
“This data is just further proof that Governor Kasich is the most popular Republican politician in the nation today and it underlines why his efforts to help our U.S Senate and House candidates are so very important.”
Notably the email does not ask for donations.