Reply #8: He represents his constituency well, if this is so.

[Philostopher]

I think the gun thing is probably accurate, and you may well be right about his reproductive rights voting. It probably is, to some extent, his supporting his constituency -- a very conservative, largely rural area with some rust belt people thrown in. My mother is pretty socially conservative, she loves Strickland. Whether he legitimately feels that way or it's just a way to guarantee re-election, I'm not sure. Even the Democrats in the counties down along the Ohio River are pretty conservative, he may well feel that way himself.