Ohio voters want to cut spending and keep taxes at the same rate to balance the state's budget, according to a new poll released by the Quinnipiac University's Polling Institute on Thursday.

The state's budget faces a $640 million deficit for 2009 and at least $4 billion for the biennial budget covering 2010 and 2011.

Ohio voters said they agreed with Gov. Ted Strickland's promise not to raise taxes to balance the budget: 64 to 33 percent.

Instead, 62 percent want programs to be cut to keep the tax status quo. Only 24 percent said they want taxes to be raised to maintain government programs.

A majority of Democrats support cutting government instead of raising taxes, and that rises to 62 percent among independent voters.