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I'm not sure why. Tim Ryan has a history with Ohio and has solidly won reelection for 18 years. In addition to his district in NE Ohio, you add the Democratic leaning cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbia and Dayton and there are a lot of Democratic and Independent voters. Especially after the lies that Trump told and the disappointment with him completely ignoring promises like telling unemployed workers in NE Ohio not to leave the area because he was going to bring back the GM plant in Lordstown. That never happened and the area and residents have struggled economically from Trump. There are other stories about how he made promises to Ohio and failed to deliver. JD Vance getting Trump's legacy of failed promises is not a winning platform in Ohio. But Tim Ryan's 20 years of delivering for Ohio is. I can easily see how Ohioans would prefer Tim Ryan to JD Vance. Ohio's 17th congressional district: Results 2002–2010[46] Ohio's 13th congressional district: Results 2012–2020[46] |
DP. I agree the Ohio numbers are promising and that Vance's limousine hillbilly act isn't resonating well, but we've seen time and again that posts that show Democrats in the lead often disappear at ballot box time. |
| come on, NC - pull it together! |
Curiously. Very curiously. |
One day, but they're another state that seems to have Dems in the lead and then the Republican pulls it out at the last minute. I am worried about NV too-that's a D incumbent that is too close for comfort. |
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i don’t feel remotely confident - but it does also seem worth remembering that ohio’s other senator is also a dem. not like it’s unheard of for ohio to elect a dem to the senate. |
I also don’t trust that Ohio polling based similar polling swinging 5-7% more republican in past elections. Also this chart is worrying. Ryan went from 72% in 2012 to 69, 68, 61, 53 in 2020! That is some drop in the last decade, and show I believe how much redder Ohio has gotten. |
Wapo said 3 days ago that they still think Vance is favored to win (which is sad, because he's a billionaire backed empty shirt). washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/11/ryan-challenging-vance-ohio-senate/ |