People are acting like Ohio just became Republican leaning this year because these legions of former "WWC" Democrats have now become the bedrock of the state GOP, LOL. Ohio has had a Republican lean for some time, only to be overcome by high turnout Presidential elections (in which it was still at the very best a swing state). It has been more Republican than Democratic for a very long time.
This: Quoted for truth...
That being said, Obama's support levels in '08, and even more significantly in '12 are particularly noteworthy because of the massive deviation from the norm in both elections.
Atlas needs to quit thinking about Obama's strong performance in Ohio in '08/'12 as "the norm", but instead view it as a slight deviance from the norm.
Obama's performance does not appear to have been a transferable scenario to HRC running in many ways for the "3rd term of Obama".....
Still, I would not be surprised if Ohio swings back towards the Democratic nominee in 2020. People shouldn't forget that despite the margins, Trump barely captured 52% of voters in the great state of Ohio.
You're forgetting Kerry in '04 too. When considering that AND Obama, kinda hard not to see why that was considered the norm.
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