Cincinnati – President-elect Joe Biden is the first person since 1960 to hold the presidency without carrying Ohio.
Biden’s victory, and the one in which he won, left many political pundits saying that the state is no longer the president it has been for decades, and wondering what it means to move forward.
“I don’t think Ohio really represents the whole country as it once was,” said Mark Caleb Smith, a professor of political science at Cedarville University in Ohio.
“Ohio is now more of a red state than a purple state,” Smith said. “If you look at the recent election, statewide, presidential or public care, the Republicans have done very well. I think that means Ohio has taken a different turn. I think Ohio has changed a bit. Is, and is no longer the central part of the country – it is probably a little more on the right, the traditional, the conservative side. “
Some national political experts take it a step further.
“This election result emphasizes that Ohio is no longer relevant for presidential purposes,” said David Washerman, a contributor to NBC News and Home Editor of The Cook Political Report. “It’s the way it became a swing state many decades ago.”
Donald Trump won Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on his way to the presidency in 2016, but Biden put forward many efforts and resources to bring him back. While Biden was able to win Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Ohio remained in Trump’s column, according to NBC News estimates.
What sets Ohio apart from other Midwestern states?
Ohio is an ultra-white working class state, and ala Palaisian parts are even more appropriate than four years ago, Wesherman said.
Many Ohio counties have become increasingly red since the state backed President Barack Obama in 2012.
For example, only 38 percent of Trump County people voted Republican in the 2012 presidential election, compared to 54 percent this year.
Similarly, 59 percent of Jackson County Republicans voted for their nominee, Mitt Romney, in 2012, while 76 percent voted for Trump this year.
Democrat Sen., who has campaigned successfully in Ohio in recent years. Sherod Brown, in an interview last week, said he was disappointed that Ohio did not help lead Biden to victory.
He said, ‘Naturally I hope for something different. “I’m thrilled with the energy we’ve seen. Ohio is a difficult challenge. Trump has engagement with voters, especially in rural areas.”
Biden Grover joined Cleveland, which he did twice, with Franklin D. as the only Democrat after the Civil War to win the presidency without the help of Ohio. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
Biden did so by rebuilding the “blue wall” of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, according to NBC News.
Last month, Byden closed a campaign in Toledo, where he promised to invest in American workers and create 1 million union jobs to help build the middle class.
Due to population and demographic change, Ohio is a little whiter than some other Midwestern states, so it votes differently, Smith said.
He added that Ohio has been a bellwether state because it meets the rest of the United States in demographics, urban-rural breakdown, and industry.
“I don’t think that’s the case now,” Smith said. “I don’t think Ohio has changed much [since 2016], I think the national mood around Ohio has changed. I think that’s obvious [Trump] There is a very wide appeal here. He makes regular visits to the state. Ohio is a kind of exit from that middle position, which is a mid-to-mid position [in] Historically and further towards Redder, more Rs. “
Christopher Devine, an assistant professor of political science at Dayton University, echoed the sentiment.
“I think Ohio has changed from its bellows status in the last two elections,” he said. “I’m not ready to go so far as to say that Ohio is a fairly red state, because red and blue state positions are overdone.”
“Now it’s not the case that‘ so goes Ohio so goes the nation, ’” he said. “In fact, Ohio appears to be increasingly Republican, yet it’s too early to label it a solid red state.”
The state Senate has nine Democrats from 24 Republicans. The State House has 38 Democrats out of 61 Republicans. The governor is the state’s attorney general and a U.S. senator is a Republican.
Opinions about what Biden’s presidency means to Ohio are mixed.
Ronnie A., interim chief diversity officer and associate professor of urban studies at Cleveland State University. Dunn said he believes Biden will bring the country together.
Biden said he would represent all Americans and their interests and be president, and “I hope he unites the country,” Dunn said.
Smith took a different approach.
“I’m not sure whether the Biden administration will have a dramatic effect on the country or on Ohio itself unless our leaders in the party decide they want to cooperate and compromise. I think we’ll take a look. [more] “The government is more divided than the United government,” Smith said.
“I don’t think both parties are in a position to make a dramatic change. I don’t see these moving things in one way or another.” “So far, I see that Biden does not represent a dramatic change. If the Democrats take the Senate, there could probably be some things ibly.”
A bidding president would likely mean a reduction in the trade war with China, which could help Ohio farmers, Divine said.
“But some of them will be difficult to pass [his] Policies by law that he promised on the campaign trail. “But some things can be accomplished by an executive order,” Divine said.
