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.
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.)