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'''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''' 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 [[Mike DeWine]], a [[Republican]].

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.