| − | '''Ohio''' is located in the [[Midwest]]ern region of the [[United States]] and on March 1, 1803, became the seventeenth state. The capital of Ohio is [[Columbus (city)|Columbus]]. Other large cities in Ohio include [[Cincinnati]] and [[Cleveland]]. Ohio borders the states of [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[West Virginia]]. The current [[Governors of Ohio|governor of Ohio]] is [[John Kasich]], a [[Republican]]. | + | '''Ohio''' is a "[[Rust Belt]]" state located in the [[Midwest]]ern region of the [[United States]], which on March 1, 1803, became the seventeenth state. The capital of Ohio is [[Columbus (city)|Columbus]]. Other large cities in Ohio include [[Cincinnati]] and [[Cleveland]], where the 2016 [[Republican National Convention]] was held. Ohio borders the states of [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[West Virginia]]. The current [[Governors of Ohio|governor of Ohio]] is [[John Kasich]], a [[Republican]] who campaigned as a [[conservative]] but governs as a social [[liberal]] who vetoed the [[Heartbeat Bill]]. |
| | Ohio voters include a substantial percentage of [[pro-life]], [[working class]] [[Democrats]] who shifted enough to the [[Republican]] column to enable [[Donald Trump]] to garner 52% in 2016, despite [[Obama]] winning the state easily in 2008 and 2012. Rampant [[early voting]] of roughly a month in duration plagues its elections. | | Ohio voters include a substantial percentage of [[pro-life]], [[working class]] [[Democrats]] who shifted enough to the [[Republican]] column to enable [[Donald Trump]] to garner 52% in 2016, despite [[Obama]] winning the state easily in 2008 and 2012. Rampant [[early voting]] of roughly a month in duration plagues its elections. |