Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

brooklynite

(93,880 posts)
17. Because they used to vote Democratic...
Tue May 21, 2019, 09:38 AM
May 2019

I had a discussion with the State Party Chair after the Election. Clinton over-performed Obama in safe blue areas like Cleveland, but massively underperformed Obama in rural Counties.

Ohio is just plain samplegirl May 2019 #1
I don't see it as stupidity but as "arrested development" Backseat Driver May 2019 #25
They think he's going to make GM reopen the factory & produce cars no one wants.... Historic NY May 2019 #2
The NYT is right leftofcool May 2019 #3
WHITE blue collar workers support Trump. Turin_C3PO May 2019 #4
Ohio voted for DeWine as governor. They are effectively Indiana. Freethinker65 May 2019 #5
What was disappointing about Ohio NewJeffCT May 2019 #9
Disappointing? edhopper May 2019 #11
I didn't look that closely NewJeffCT May 2019 #14
Cordray was up +5 edhopper May 2019 #16
For Ohio's 2018 election to be on the up and up about 250,000 people who voted for a liberal .... Botany May 2019 #18
Heavily gerrymandered edhopper May 2019 #27
The Gerrymandering doesn't effect state wide elections but it has allowed the State Legislature & Botany May 2019 #32
Yes edhopper May 2019 #36
There is a wide swath of Trump supporters in Ohio and going South.... kentuck May 2019 #6
We have 40% of the country believing in crazy conspiracy theories but not a corrupt obstructing UniteFightBack May 2019 #13
There are 2, maybe 3, Dem. strongholds in Ohio: Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo. Cousin Dupree May 2019 #31
Youngstown is minority white and the county went for Clinton, but you'd never know it from this WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #7
It doesn't matter how "the country went" brooklynite May 2019 #8
I said county actually, but I'm not sure why focusing on people who say they'll vote for Trump is a WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #10
Because they used to vote Democratic... brooklynite May 2019 #17
Obama was lightning in a bottle Azathoth May 2019 #30
The white working class in Ohio has been trending downward for Democrats for several elections. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #37
Thank you for that clarification including ALL the facts ...not just some Thekaspervote May 2019 #28
OK JUST WAIT until we start paying more...let's see if these blue collar dopes will still be all on UniteFightBack May 2019 #12
We will never win over idiots who think Democrats are out of touch standingtall May 2019 #15
There are always going to be a certain number of people who think things are going to go back to the llmart May 2019 #19
This stuff would be more believable if Trump's trade war was bringing jobs back Azathoth May 2019 #20
+1 standingtall May 2019 #21
Nailed it, dead center. I'd add "owning the libs" as their preferred domestic policy. VOX May 2019 #29
Absolutely! llmart May 2019 #34
Yep Freethinker65 May 2019 #35
+2 but much more politically complicated than that. Backseat Driver May 2019 #40
This is Tim Ryan's district EffieBlack May 2019 #22
"Thank you sir may I have another?" Initech May 2019 #23
Trump's trade war w/China isn't doing anything for them. I suspect what they love most about Trump octoberlib May 2019 #24
It's the "social issues". Odoreida May 2019 #26
Well, at least in that base set of "social issues," Backseat Driver May 2019 #41
You know what would be news, O anthropologists of the NYT? gratuitous May 2019 #33
Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter with Kansas?" diagnosed this insanity back in 2004. VOX May 2019 #38
Culture trumps policy. It trumps rational thought. This is why the Southern Strategy has been themaguffin May 2019 #39
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»There's No Boom in Youngs...»Reply #17