Latest Poll... Mixed news out of OHIO, Biden down but Brown UP, maybe.

[WarGamer]

The handpicked Trumpist running vs Sherrod Brown isn't polling that well. Brown +4

The mainstream GOP'er, Matt Dolan is leading Brown +2 but faces a tight Primary battle vs the Trumpist.

So hope for Bernie Moreno to beat Dolan.

Trump up by 10% in a 5-way race.

https://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Matt+Dolan+Holds+Narrow+Lead+Over+Bernie+Moreno+in+Ohio+Senate+Republican+Primary%3B+Frank+LaRose+in+Third+Place%3B+General+Election+Matchups+with+Sherrod+Brown+Competitive%3B+Trump+Leads+Biden+by+10+Points/22936608.html

[Sky Jewels]

1. Trump up by 10?

Even if it's "only" 5, that's ridiculous. I will never understand why my "origin" state spiraled downward and rightward so hard. It has several cities, and there's no reason for it to be so red. ... Fucking pathetic.

[WarGamer]

2. we really need Brown to hold that seat...

[Alliepoo]

3. We are gerrymandered out the wazoo.

That’s why. It’s sickening. If not for the gerrymandering I think we would be purple and maybe purple with a blue tint.

[Polybius]

6. No, it isn't why

Districts can be gerrymandered, states can't.

[Ontheboundry]

8. Same thing

I was gonna say. President and Senate are statewide elections, so gerrymandering is not involved here. Trump really up 5 to 10 tho?

[Polybius]

9. Trump won by 8 last time, so it could be true

This part was disturbing:

The poll also shows President Joe Biden with an approval rating of 34% in Ohio, with 59% disapproval.

[Happy Hoosier]

4. Ohio isn't really purple anymore.

It blows me away, but there ya go.

[Ontheboundry]

11. I went to college there

And am from a border state of there. That Appalachia stubbornness is strong there even though they are not Appalachian, a lot of them have roots there

[Polybius]

7. From the article:

The poll also shows President Joe Biden with an approval rating of 34% in Ohio, with 59% disapproval.

[dsc]

12. The Mondale Counties of Appalachia and psuedo Appalachia

I grew up in Ashtabula County, far northeast corner. We went for Mondale, as did Lake. Trumbull, Mahoning, and the counties along the Ohio River. All of those counties went for Trump in some cases by large margins. Brown is able to hang on because he is still getting those voters (he represented some of them in Congress). Strickland, the last Democratic governor represented a lot of them in Congress. That isn't the entire story but it is a lot of the story.

[TSExile]

16. I'm in Lake County.

You explained it all very well.

[Polybius]

5. Dolan is leading the Republican primary, but barely

Dolan 33, Moreno 31, LaRose 23. Primary is the 19th. Is the primary winner takes all or a runoff?

[TSExile]

15. I think it's winner take all.

I haven't heard anything about a possible runoff.

[kimbutgar]

10. Ohio is a lost state and now is permanently red

Sinclair broadcasts a lot there plus all the radio is right wing. Sadly Ohio is almost cause.

That said I’m hoping Sherrod Brown gets re elected.

[totodeinhere]

18. I don't want to think that any state is permanently red.

I guess I am just a perpetual optimist.

[Wuddles440]

13. Along with the gerrymandering,...

the most significant problem and reason for the disparity in representation is the low participation of voters in the urban areas (D) versus the highly motivated, rural voters (R).

[Ontheboundry]

17. Gerrymandering

Does not effect state wide elections

[Wuddles440]

19. True...

but it certainly affects the races for Ohio Senate and House and the U.S.House!

[Ontheboundry]

20. Yup sometimes

It absolutely does but we were discussing the statewide race, no? Ohio in general leans fairly well to the right as of late, but those cities are blue

[Wuddles440]

21. You and I have different impressions of the discussion.

Have a nice evening.

[TSExile]

14. We must learn from 2022.

I STILL can't believe Tim Ryan lost to JD Vance. We cannot rest on our laurels!!