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2016 Postmortem

apnu

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17. Ohio is going to be a tough fight this year.

Reply to mackdaddy (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 08:53 PM

May 2016

The economy there is trashed, unions are eroded in power and influence, jobs are fleeing the state. People are in a bad way in Ohio and the Republicans and especially serial liar Trump, will feed them red meat all day, every day. A lot of them are going to fall for it. The voters will never connect Republican economics and globalization to their plight.

Dems could talk up unions and middle class, but its going to fall on deaf ears. The recovery from W's recession has been a jobless one, they know it and it will be a hard sell for any Democrat to convince them that the Democrats can get their jobs back.

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63% more people voted as Republicans than Democrats in the Ohio Primary. [View all] mackdaddy May 2016 OP

I've been pointing to this all election. Fawke Em May 2016 #1

They want Trump to win and have it be "plausibly deniable" Baobab May 2016 #3

I witnessed that myself the day I voted 3 other people came to the board of doc03 May 2016 #2

he claims to be against trade deals Baobab May 2016 #4

That certainly goes against what Republicans have been preaching since the 70s. doc03 May 2016 #7

Werent there 5 candidates on GOP side in Ohio? JaneyVee May 2016 #5

Yes. And one of them happened to be the Governor. OilemFirchen May 2016 #8

Numbers have been like that in every swing state though. Ash_F May 2016 #12

Which was JaneyVee's point. OilemFirchen May 2016 #15

I was referring to the Governor part Ash_F May 2016 #16

that's been pretty much a given in Ohio in my experience. hobbit709 May 2016 #6

Except that it's not. OilemFirchen May 2016 #10

When I lived in Marion it was hard-core Republican. hobbit709 May 2016 #13

I can't speak to your experience. OilemFirchen May 2016 #14

I have expressed similar concern about my own state of RI SheenaR May 2016 #9

Yes some have been bringing this up here. It is something Dem leadership needs to address. Ash_F May 2016 #11

Ohio is going to be a tough fight this year. apnu May 2016 #17