| | '''Ohio''' has 17 [[Electoral College]] votes in the [[2024 presidential election]], and for decades has been a [[battleground state|battleground]] "[[Rust Belt]]" state. Ohio is located in the [[Midwest]]ern region of the [[United States]], which on March 1, 1803, became the seventeenth state, and its capital city 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 [[liberal]] [[Republican]], while its legislature (the "General Assembly") is more [[conservative]]. | | '''Ohio''' has 17 [[Electoral College]] votes in the [[2024 presidential election]], and for decades has been a [[battleground state|battleground]] "[[Rust Belt]]" state. Ohio is located in the [[Midwest]]ern region of the [[United States]], which on March 1, 1803, became the seventeenth state, and its capital city 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 [[liberal]] [[Republican]], while its legislature (the "General Assembly") is more [[conservative]]. |
| − | 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 and a higher 53% in 2020, despite [[Obama]] winning the state easily in 2008 and 2012. Rampant [[early voting]] of roughly a month in duration plagues its elections, which [[Dem]]s exploit with [[ballot harvesting]]. | + | 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 and a higher 53% in 2020, despite [[Obama]] winning the state easily in 2008 and 2012. Rampant [[early voting]] of roughly a month in duration plagues its elections, which [[Dem]]s exploit with [[ballot harvesting]], but in early 2024 a Democrat-appointed federal judge upheld election integrity laws enacted by the [[Republican]] legislature. |
| | Neighboring [[West Virginia]] has swung strongly to the [[Republican]] side as [[Dem]]s push radical [[environmentalism]] to wreck the [[coal]] industry, and Trump carried West Virginia by nearly 40 points in 2020. Ohio depends more on the car industry, but it too is being destroyed by the [[Dem]] push for [[electric car]]s that are difficult to make and sell. As to college [[football]], [[Ohio]] has won 8 national championships.<ref>https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/college-football-national-championship-history</ref> | | Neighboring [[West Virginia]] has swung strongly to the [[Republican]] side as [[Dem]]s push radical [[environmentalism]] to wreck the [[coal]] industry, and Trump carried West Virginia by nearly 40 points in 2020. Ohio depends more on the car industry, but it too is being destroyed by the [[Dem]] push for [[electric car]]s that are difficult to make and sell. As to college [[football]], [[Ohio]] has won 8 national championships.<ref>https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/college-football-national-championship-history</ref> |