Does anyone here know why Florida and Ohio are no longer swing states?

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9. I have spent most of my life in Ohio. I don't think I've ever seen it as a swing state in

forty years of voting. It has fluctuated at time but my area, JD Vance’s area btw, has always voted red. only the larger cities are blue enough to give us any real Dem seats. But that’s changed since President Obama. There is an imbedded racism here…a holdover from Appalachian transplants. To be fair, not everyone is a racist here but even in seemingly “woke” area it’s subtly everywhere and the GOP here know just how to play it. The schools have gotten progressively worse, creating adults without critical thinking skills. And don’t even get me started on the MAGA hat wearing cultists who populate every rural store, fairground, and park.

All that being said, I think Ryan has a real chance. The farmers around me don’t trust Vance. Don’t like his double speak and generally see him as a whiny spoiled brat who doesn’t appreciate the hardships his family went through. (Don’t ask).

TimRyan speaks like they do, and sees the value of work. They get that. It must be a mistake that he’s a Democrat. (Their words).

That’s the view from my corner of Preble Co. Ohio.