Democrat Amy Acton is projected to flip the Ohio governorās mansion, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), after a controversial ad from Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy roiled the closing days of the race.
Democrat Amy Acton is projected to flip the Ohio governorās mansion, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), after a controversial ad from Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy roiled the closing days of the race.
Formative years spent in Kansas. Left when I saw an opportunity. Hope you get out and move to a better place.
That said, Kansas also voted better this time around. Doesnāt mean I wanna go back.
There are much worse places than Ohio, and itās getting better. The constant hate and concern trolling is just so annoying at this point because it shows people have no idea what itās actually like here.
Ohio is just like every other state. The cities are blue, the rural areas are red. The main difference is that both the rural and urban areas hold roughly equal political weight. Unfortunately the rural areas have been able to turn out more voters than the cities the past few elections. This one, the cities were able to turn out more. Obviously we hope that continues and things continue to improve here, but the hyperbole of treating Ohio like itās some war-torn hellhole isnāt helpful.
I donāt think anyone thinks itās a war-torn hellhole, but itās a Republican state, very, very red, and has been for at least the past 20 years. Every single day, I still hear people falling all over themselves to kiss Trumpās ass. These people are mentally retarded and they genuinely believe this bullshit.
There are MAGA cult members in every state. And the rural areas are red, just like every other state with rural areas. I donāt think itās fair to call it a very, very red state for the past 20 years though. Sherrod Brown has been one of our senators for nearly that whole time. We voted to enshrine womenās reproductive rights in our Constitution in that time. We voted to legalize marijuana in that time. If you just look at presidential elections, then yeah I guess you could reach that conclusion, but youād be ignoring a ton of other really important data points to get there.
Itās also not fair to call it red now. We have a Democrat governor, 5 of the 8 Congress seats this cycle were won by Democrats, and a Republican Senate seat was taken back by a Democrat. At most you could call the state purple, but itās leaning more blue than red.
Anyways, yeah I was using hyperbole when I said people treat it like a war torn hellhole. To put it more accurately, people treat Ohio like itās some backwards red state full of rednecks when that truly just is not the case. Itās just like any other state where the rural areas are red and the cities are blue. Telling people āthoughts and prayers, I hope youāre able to escapeā is ignorant of reality, and wholly unhelpful.
I never said that.
I know about the abortion amendment. It shocked me that it passed. We also legalized marijuana and the legislature immediately proceeded to fuck with it.
Maybe itās not red, but a very reddish purple. Lol.
I have lived in one of the large cities and it may be bluer than the surrounding area, but itās still fairly conservative imo. Iām in a rural area now and am surrounded by Trumpards. Every single small business is also owned by a Trumptard. I have seen āTrump 2028ā signsā¦ I cannot be open about my political or religious beliefs.
Jesus Christ dude Iām summarizing the sentiment expressed by other people in the thread and in general lmao. Am I not allowed to use summary as a literary device on Lemmy these days?
This is not unique to Ohio. (I understand you personally havenāt claimed this is unique to Ohio, but the overall general sentiment about Ohio is that this is unique to Ohio, or especially bad in Ohio compared to other states. Iām merely pushing back against that sentiment, and pointing out that this attitude is a feature of basically all rural areas, and singling out Ohio on this is unhelpful. Hope this is clear.)