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llmart

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15. Both of my parents' roots in NE Ohio go back to the late 1800's.

Reply to Boomerproud (Reply #14)

Mon May 27, 2019, 09:05 PM

May 2019

It was always solidly Democratic. I have no idea what happened to Ohio in the past three decades that I've been gone. It's really disappointing to me. I went back to my little rural hometown a few months before the 2016 election and it was almost solid Trump signs. So disheartening. People my age sitting around at the local diner having massive fat laden breakfasts and talking about how Trump was going to bring back their jobs.

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Great post. My mothers family have been in NE Ohio Boomerproud May 2019 #14

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