Michael Bloomberg Is Making A Big Bet In Ohio

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Michael Bloomberg is accepting the endorsement of Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan and unveiling a plan to help old industrial cities transition to new economies.

“Whether its gun violence, or opiates, or equity, all those things a mayor has to tackle on a daily basis, he has done,” Horrigan said. “The platform is literally a metro dream. We’re looking for partners in the White House.”

Bloomberg advisers believe his emphasis on Ohio, which has a March 17 primary, and other states that hold nominating contests after February shows he is making more of an effort to reach voters in general election battlegrounds and in states and regions where Democrats have lost ground to Donald Trump Republicans.

In recent weeks Bloomberg has been to California, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin. And besides Akron, Bloomberg’s travels this week to Illinois, a Democratic gimme, and Minnesota, an increasingly competitive state that Trump is targeting. “The Bloomberg campaign is focusing on communities Democrats have lost touch with over the past few election cycles,” said Erin McPike, a spokesperson for the campaign. “We're showing up, not writing them off.”

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/bloomberg-2020-ohio-trump-plan

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1. All he needs to do is remind Ohioans

That the state was the Silicon Valley of the late 19th and early 20th century and invoke Orville and Wilbur Wright.

And then commit to bring STEM to the Ohio Valley.