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CincyDem

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1. The issue with Ohio is that the state is fundamentally Republican.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 09:44 PM
Aug 2016


We win the state when we get strong turnout in the urban areas. Rural folks NEVER stay home on election day...NEVER.

And while the Alt-Right is polling poorly in the burbs, the Right is still doing just fine. The conversation in the suburbs here is that now it's even more important to vote for the core republicans (Portman, Chabot, local R's) because a complete D "takeover" will also strengthen the Alt-right and traditional republicans will be squeezed out of the middle.

Don't know if that logic makes sense but that's the talk at the suburban pools and bbq's these days. Trump is toast in the Butler County but Portman is likely to hold his seat (if Butler County continues to be the bellwether for the state that it's been for several elections past).

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