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I will point out that while you can't gerrymander a state-wide race, if you gerrymander enough other races, you can both actively-and-illegally, and passively-a
by vkou 3y ago
I will point out that while you can't gerrymander a state-wide race, if you gerrymander enough other races, you can both actively-and-illegally, and passively-and-legally suppress voter turnout among people opposed to single-party rule.
But at this point, you are right - Ohio can safely be written off, like Florida.
- reducesuffering 3y agoFlorida isn't a write off, it had a 3.4% margin and is worth a fight for it's outsized electoral votes.
- gottorf 3y ago> Ohio can safely be written off, like Florida. So are you for or against single-party rule? The way you're putting this makes it clear that you think there is one right party to vote for.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago>But at this point, you are right - Ohio can safely be written off, like Florida. Legalizing cannabis and abortion choice in the most recent election clearly indicates otherwise.
- vkou 3y agoIf you ask an American whether or not they want a Democrat, or a Repulbican policy, Americans will overwhelmingly support the Democrat policies. ... And then they go to the polls and vote for Republicans who implement the exact opposite (Because they are only listening to their base, and their base is insane.)
- landemva 3y agoI am not in Ohio, though the Republicans I know who are <60 years old do support MJ decriminalization.
- ssharp 3y agoI don't think it does. Pre-Trump, Ohio clearly had a large share of traditional conservative voters and leaders. However, when Trump came in and captured a ton of rust-belt Democrat support for Republicans, a lot of those traditional values did not come with the new support. That, and an aging boomer population being replaced with Gen X, Millenials, and Gen Z that hold much different beliefs on abortion and marijuana.