Will stop being a swing state as soon as the next trans kid is photographed entering the Girls bathroom.
Don’t get your hopes up, Dems. There is a long way to go — keep working on it.
Complete-Sort1617 on
How about just go blue
Content_bae on
That 2022 margin really did feel like a fluke the more you look at the ground game lately. It’s wild how quickly the bellwether energy comes back the second people stop paying attention.
DaisyMoon_ on
Looks like Ohio’s playing hard to get—it’s the state equivalent of “it’s not you, it’s me.”
Romantic_Piscean on
Seems a big challenge in Ohio is the urban voter getting out, as Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati alone could really dominate political power in the state if they did. The state is also heavily gerrymandered now, which has really skewed dynamics, but it’d be wonderful to see Ohio move in a more progressive direction, as once upon a time, even their Republicans were quite reasonable people.
HelmetVonContour on
I’ll get downvoted but I live in Ohio and I’m involved with poltlitics here. I hope the recent polls are correct but I won’t believe it until election day, and not a second before.
I think people need to prepare themselves that Ohio will remain very red once the actual votes are in.
Nothing would make me happier than to be wrong, but I don’t think I am.
Raus-Pazazu on
This entire article is just talking about campaign money allocations. Ohio Dems are still WAY behind in every state level branch. 9 out of 33 state Senate seats, 34 out of 99 for state congress, and only 1 out of 8 appointees on the state Supreme Court. Sure they’ve got the big cities on lock down, but last I looked just a few years back the state’s Dem leadership was in a pitiful state. While I would absolutely love to see the state go blue for a statewide election at best, or at least competitively purple at worst, I honestly think Dems have a better shot at flipping Texas (which is a fucking longshot already) than they do of flipping Ohio. Assuming things haven’t changed that much in the last few years, it’s honestly money and resources better spent elsewhere. Hate to sound that pessimistic of my home state, but I’d be a shot ton more optimistic if Dems were able to at least come within a stone’s throw to retaking the house senate or congress.
FungusBalls on
Yeah but did it though?
BusLand21 on
I’d love for this person to be right, but I have zero faith in the average Ohio voter. Until I see otherwise, I will always assume that a Democrat won’t win at the state level.
mmuffley on
Brown was a very good senator and Husted is a bad one. It’s not a difficult choice, Ohioans, ffs.
nosayso on
“Ohio could possibly swing in this one mid-term, against a historically unpopular president” is less anything about Ohio and more about how every election cycle works. That is not a “swing state” – this is specific language used to describe states behavior in presidential elections, and in that context Ohio has been increasingly red since 2008 and is doubtful to change.
No_Material5630 on
I would LOVE to believe this, but I doubt it. The state is highly gerrymandered and when it was up for a vote to fix that, they made the ballot language to stop it so confusing that people voted to keep gerrymandering when they meant to end it.
Also our politicians keep subverting the will of the people, it’s crazy that it’s legal. We voted to keep abortion and weed legal and then the republicans come in and changed what we voted for.
Maybe it will happen, but the rural parts keep voting red and we get screwed. For Christ sakes Bernie Morano is in office. How in the hell did that happen
Built4dominance on
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Binary101010 on
There is *exactly one* D holding a statewide office: Jennifer Brunner on the Supreme Court.
I can’t take any suggestion that this state is a swing state seriously as long as that’s true.
Strange-Effort1305 on
Gym Jordan’s state? Yeah right. They know their place under trumps nuts.
ktaktb on
Ohio is absolutely in play
Quit dooming.
Yes, you can absolutely find 100,000 head in the sand, unphased and unhinged maga STILL in Ohio.
But these elections are won on the margins and those that regret who they voted for are typically quiet about it. Still, they historicallg flip or stay home next time.
Scullyitzme on
Lol ok I’ll get my hopes up
AnAngryBartender on
Doubt
JaqueStrap69 on
Michael, you can’t just say Ohio is a swing state without any evidence.
I didn’t say it – I declared it.
dukecityvigilante on
No it didn’t. The national political environment is incredibly favorable to Democrats and they’re running a unique senate candidate who cannot be replicated. One MAYBE winnable midterm race does not mean it’s a swing state.
cmm239 on
It isn’t actually we haven’t voted blue since Obama and are heavily gerrymandered
RockingInTheCLE on
Between the gerrymandering and lazy people who don’t get out to vote, Ohio is totally going to stay red.
aidanpryde98 on
Hard to tell if the Republicans have shit down Ohio residents’ throats enough to make a difference. We will see. My guess is they can gag on a bit more first though.
SpenFen on
But we can’t rely on those people to do the right thing when it matters. It’s been proven.
Aggressive-Foot7434 on
I think everyone was looking and pretty sure a lot of people are doing too.
gamesbonds on
1995-2006 – Republican trifecta
2007-2010 – Split house and Dem gov
2011- Present – Republican trifecta
Republicans have ruined the state of Ohio. They can’t even be asked to show up to testify in person. Over the largest bribery and tax fraud in state history of +$1 Billion tax dollars, because it interrupts them fundraising $8 million from another sketchy crypto PAC with who knows how much dark money tied into their network. They vote against any regulations.
Just like Vivek heavy ties to crypto industry. Vivek wants to move pensions through his crypto asset manager Strive. These Ohio politicians are downright scummy and all of them have to go. Let’s start with the 54 politicians who’s campaigns took money from FirstEnergy.
Made_Human_Music on
The fact that every state isn’t either solid blue or very close to it after the blatant corruption we’re seeing with this regime is pathetic
We’re a sick country
Manny_Bothans on
Somebody tell Sherrod Brown to fire whoever is doing his email and social shit. It’s like 2020 act blue plz bro i need $34 and then they proceed to send that shit 5x a day. Absolute loser shit.
The messaging that is reaching me from his campaign is trash. He should fire whatever overpaid consulting outfit is dropping turds and just copy off of Amy Acton’s homework. Whoever is managing her stuff makes her look human while also making me believe she is going to do incredible stuff as governor. I know Sherrod is solid. He was a good senator and comes off as authentic. His opponent is a maga robot without a sincere bone in his body. This should be a layup.
moogly2 on
Cue Rachel Maddow in 2016 claiming that S Carolina is now a swing state
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Will stop being a swing state as soon as the next trans kid is photographed entering the Girls bathroom.
Don’t get your hopes up, Dems. There is a long way to go — keep working on it.
How about just go blue
That 2022 margin really did feel like a fluke the more you look at the ground game lately. It’s wild how quickly the bellwether energy comes back the second people stop paying attention.
Looks like Ohio’s playing hard to get—it’s the state equivalent of “it’s not you, it’s me.”
Seems a big challenge in Ohio is the urban voter getting out, as Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati alone could really dominate political power in the state if they did. The state is also heavily gerrymandered now, which has really skewed dynamics, but it’d be wonderful to see Ohio move in a more progressive direction, as once upon a time, even their Republicans were quite reasonable people.
I’ll get downvoted but I live in Ohio and I’m involved with poltlitics here. I hope the recent polls are correct but I won’t believe it until election day, and not a second before.
I think people need to prepare themselves that Ohio will remain very red once the actual votes are in.
Nothing would make me happier than to be wrong, but I don’t think I am.
This entire article is just talking about campaign money allocations. Ohio Dems are still WAY behind in every state level branch. 9 out of 33 state Senate seats, 34 out of 99 for state congress, and only 1 out of 8 appointees on the state Supreme Court. Sure they’ve got the big cities on lock down, but last I looked just a few years back the state’s Dem leadership was in a pitiful state. While I would absolutely love to see the state go blue for a statewide election at best, or at least competitively purple at worst, I honestly think Dems have a better shot at flipping Texas (which is a fucking longshot already) than they do of flipping Ohio. Assuming things haven’t changed that much in the last few years, it’s honestly money and resources better spent elsewhere. Hate to sound that pessimistic of my home state, but I’d be a shot ton more optimistic if Dems were able to at least come within a stone’s throw to retaking the house senate or congress.
Yeah but did it though?
I’d love for this person to be right, but I have zero faith in the average Ohio voter. Until I see otherwise, I will always assume that a Democrat won’t win at the state level.
Brown was a very good senator and Husted is a bad one. It’s not a difficult choice, Ohioans, ffs.
“Ohio could possibly swing in this one mid-term, against a historically unpopular president” is less anything about Ohio and more about how every election cycle works. That is not a “swing state” – this is specific language used to describe states behavior in presidential elections, and in that context Ohio has been increasingly red since 2008 and is doubtful to change.
I would LOVE to believe this, but I doubt it. The state is highly gerrymandered and when it was up for a vote to fix that, they made the ballot language to stop it so confusing that people voted to keep gerrymandering when they meant to end it.
Also our politicians keep subverting the will of the people, it’s crazy that it’s legal. We voted to keep abortion and weed legal and then the republicans come in and changed what we voted for.
Maybe it will happen, but the rural parts keep voting red and we get screwed. For Christ sakes Bernie Morano is in office. How in the hell did that happen
I’ll believe it when I see it.
There is *exactly one* D holding a statewide office: Jennifer Brunner on the Supreme Court.
I can’t take any suggestion that this state is a swing state seriously as long as that’s true.
Gym Jordan’s state? Yeah right. They know their place under trumps nuts.
Ohio is absolutely in play
Quit dooming.
Yes, you can absolutely find 100,000 head in the sand, unphased and unhinged maga STILL in Ohio.
But these elections are won on the margins and those that regret who they voted for are typically quiet about it. Still, they historicallg flip or stay home next time.
Lol ok I’ll get my hopes up
Doubt
Michael, you can’t just say Ohio is a swing state without any evidence.
I didn’t say it – I declared it.
No it didn’t. The national political environment is incredibly favorable to Democrats and they’re running a unique senate candidate who cannot be replicated. One MAYBE winnable midterm race does not mean it’s a swing state.
It isn’t actually we haven’t voted blue since Obama and are heavily gerrymandered
Between the gerrymandering and lazy people who don’t get out to vote, Ohio is totally going to stay red.
Hard to tell if the Republicans have shit down Ohio residents’ throats enough to make a difference. We will see. My guess is they can gag on a bit more first though.
But we can’t rely on those people to do the right thing when it matters. It’s been proven.
I think everyone was looking and pretty sure a lot of people are doing too.
1995-2006 – Republican trifecta
2007-2010 – Split house and Dem gov
2011- Present – Republican trifecta
Republicans have ruined the state of Ohio. They can’t even be asked to show up to testify in person. Over the largest bribery and tax fraud in state history of +$1 Billion tax dollars, because it interrupts them fundraising $8 million from another sketchy crypto PAC with who knows how much dark money tied into their network. They vote against any regulations.
Just like Vivek heavy ties to crypto industry. Vivek wants to move pensions through his crypto asset manager Strive. These Ohio politicians are downright scummy and all of them have to go. Let’s start with the 54 politicians who’s campaigns took money from FirstEnergy.
The fact that every state isn’t either solid blue or very close to it after the blatant corruption we’re seeing with this regime is pathetic
We’re a sick country
Somebody tell Sherrod Brown to fire whoever is doing his email and social shit. It’s like 2020 act blue plz bro i need $34 and then they proceed to send that shit 5x a day. Absolute loser shit.
The messaging that is reaching me from his campaign is trash. He should fire whatever overpaid consulting outfit is dropping turds and just copy off of Amy Acton’s homework. Whoever is managing her stuff makes her look human while also making me believe she is going to do incredible stuff as governor. I know Sherrod is solid. He was a good senator and comes off as authentic. His opponent is a maga robot without a sincere bone in his body. This should be a layup.
Cue Rachel Maddow in 2016 claiming that S Carolina is now a swing state