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*a dependence on the car industry, which [[Dem]]s are destroying with their radical [[environmentalism]] and excessive regulations

*a dependence on the car industry, which [[Dem]]s are destroying with their radical [[environmentalism]] and excessive regulations

*less of a [[Democrat Party]] political machine than, for example, [[Chicago]], [[Philadelphia]], and [[Detroit]]

*less of a [[Democrat Party]] political machine than, for example, [[Chicago]], [[Philadelphia]], and [[Detroit]]

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.

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.