Hamilton County, Ohio

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In fairness, the electorate shrank and got more Democratic across the whole country in 1996.

“Time” noted the county’s developing trend, away from the Republicans, in its post-Election 1996.

2008—a realigning presidential election for the Democrats—made it official with the county having carried for Team Blue first time since 1964. (Coincidence?)

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I suspect the main reason Obama carried the county twice is because Cincinnati has a significant black population.

@ http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/14/news/la-pn-two-ohio-cities-hold-key-to-who-carries-state-in-november-20120614

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