I now live in the 1st Congressional District in Ohio...

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10. The dynamics in the 1st congressional district are such...

that I would want to spend my time and money on things that I can change and change is not going to happen in this congressional district.

The 1st congressional district comprises of western Cincinnati, some of Butler County and a part of Warren County. These people are beyond understanding a different view. Anytime I talk to a conservative in these parts concerning politics I get a blank stare. They are not used to hearing the other side of an issue. Since the map change for the district I would put the split at 75-25 with the republicans in the majority. A lot of the Democrats in this district are blue dog dems and very conservative like their republican counterparts, just like the two Dems running for the US Congressional seat.

As far as Warren County and Mason where I live the last Democrat elected to an office in the county was in 1980 and he was more of a blue dog dem than anything else. In Mason there has never been a Dem elected to any city position. There is one Dem on the Mason School Board but he was appointed after the death of a school board member. I am actually suprised that a Dem was appointed to the school board despite it is a non-partisan position.