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PeaceWave

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I live in NE Ohio near Cleveland, which is somewhat liberal. PittBlue Jan 10 #1
I'll take a swing... CincyDem Jan 10 #2
Whatever they show Acton at you can add 20% more. Blue Full Moon Jan 10 #3
Being Hindu is the biggest reason JI7 Jan 10 #4
solid red state, repubs will take this dei hire instead of a woman nt msongs Jan 10 #5
A stupid pandemic? Fox news lobotomies?nt yaesu Jan 10 #6
Ohio is a red state now Takket Jan 10 #7
What's your take on it? Torchlight Jan 10 #8
DeWine won by nearly 4 in 2018 dsc Jan 10 #9
More context please Polybius Jan 10 #10
People in Ohio seem to be really kacekwl Jan 10 #11

PittBlue

(4,719 posts)
1. I live in NE Ohio near Cleveland, which is somewhat liberal.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:00 PM
Jan 10

The rural areas are blood red. Even the Amish support trump. Look at Vance, Moreno and Gym Jordon….Ohio’s gifts to the world.🤮

CincyDem

(7,322 posts)
2. I'll take a swing...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:05 PM
Jan 10

There's a strong anti-Vivek movement across the state. The MAGA message that we hear a lot about him is he was a token and, just like any other token, ya use it and then throw it away.

But...

The alternative for these guys is to vote for a woman and, no matter that she f'ing saved the state during covid, that's a greater sin than being "brown".

What you're seeing, IMHO, is the MAGA crowd falling in line.

Separately - I really like Amy Acton and I would say that among the last 3-4 Dem candidates for governor going all the way back to geriatric Lee Fischer...she's got the best change to turn the state house blue. Her running mate - David Pepper - is arguably the most strategic Dem in the state and he's a fighter. I like their chances.

Blue Full Moon

(3,205 posts)
3. Whatever they show Acton at you can add 20% more.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:08 PM
Jan 10

JI7

(93,276 posts)
4. Being Hindu is the biggest reason
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:10 PM
Jan 10

I think if the democrat was a white male Christian he would be losing.

But the Democrat is a Jewish woman so he might have some chance of winning.

I think a bunch of right wingers will vote third party or not vote at all. We need to focus on getting as many votes as we can out becsuse democrsts there have a better chance of winning now than in some years.

msongs

(73,104 posts)
5. solid red state, repubs will take this dei hire instead of a woman nt
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:11 PM
Jan 10

yaesu

(9,043 posts)
6. A stupid pandemic? Fox news lobotomies?nt
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:15 PM
Jan 10

Takket

(23,500 posts)
7. Ohio is a red state now
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:24 PM
Jan 10

Dewine won 62-34 in the last election. That is a straight up blowout

Ramaswamy TRAILING by 1 point there is an absolute panic inducing disaster for the GOP.

Torchlight

(6,357 posts)
8. What's your take on it?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:53 PM
Jan 10

dsc

(53,325 posts)
9. DeWine won by nearly 4 in 2018
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 08:29 PM
Jan 10

which was a terrific Democratic year nationwide. We haven't won any statewide races in Ohio since 2006 except for Obama's two victories in 2008 and 2012, and Brown's victories in 2012 and 2018. Trump won by 8 in 2016, 8 in 2020, and 11 in 2024. Frankly him being down by 1 is a horrible showing for him. I would think virtually any other GOP candidate would be up by at least decent single digits.

Polybius

(21,552 posts)
10. More context please
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 08:33 PM
Jan 10

Are you saying that you're surprised that he's not leading, or surprised that he's not trailing bad?

kacekwl

(8,910 posts)
11. People in Ohio seem to be really
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:15 PM
Jan 10

backward dumb asses. No offence to Democrats and sane folks in Ohio. We have plenty of the same in Illinois.

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