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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone here know why Florida and Ohio are no longer swing states? [View all]sl8
(14,429 posts)28. You might be interested in this New Yorker Radio Hour piece:
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https://www.npr.org/podcasts/458929150/the-new-yorker-radio-hour(27:54 min. audio at link)
AUGUST 6, 2022
Jane Mayer on Ohio's Lurch to the Right
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio's draconian abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, which would have been nearly unthinkable until very recently. Jane Mayer took a deep dive into statehouse politics to learn how a longtime swing stateOhio voted twice for President Barack Obamaended up legislating like a radically conservative one. Its laws, she says, are increasingly out of step with the state's voters, and this is owing to a sweeping Republican effort at gerrymandering. While familiar, gerrymandering "has become much more of a dark art," Mayer tells David Remnick, "thanks to computers and digital mapping. They have figured out ways now to do it that are so extreme, you can create districts [in which the incumbent] cannot be knocked out by someone from another party." Mayer also speaks with David Pepper, an Ohio politician and the author of "Laboratories of Autocracy," who explains how a district is firmly controlled by one party, the representative is driven by the primary process inexorably toward extremism, until you have "a complete meltdown of democracy."
Jane Mayer on Ohio's Lurch to the Right
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio's draconian abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, which would have been nearly unthinkable until very recently. Jane Mayer took a deep dive into statehouse politics to learn how a longtime swing stateOhio voted twice for President Barack Obamaended up legislating like a radically conservative one. Its laws, she says, are increasingly out of step with the state's voters, and this is owing to a sweeping Republican effort at gerrymandering. While familiar, gerrymandering "has become much more of a dark art," Mayer tells David Remnick, "thanks to computers and digital mapping. They have figured out ways now to do it that are so extreme, you can create districts [in which the incumbent] cannot be knocked out by someone from another party." Mayer also speaks with David Pepper, an Ohio politician and the author of "Laboratories of Autocracy," who explains how a district is firmly controlled by one party, the representative is driven by the primary process inexorably toward extremism, until you have "a complete meltdown of democracy."
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Does anyone here know why Florida and Ohio are no longer swing states? [View all]
NewsCenter28
Aug 2022
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Not to mention the Cubans who still think their Grandparents should have their mansions and
True Blue American
Aug 2022
#15
Not to mention gerrymandering by John Boehner and now down right cheating by Mike DeWine
True Blue American
Aug 2022
#19
That is so offensive. And I suggest you look at a map. Democrats must win the rust-belt
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#46
And as I clearly demonstated in my post above...without the rustbelt we can't win the presidency.
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#52
Trump didn't run against Obama...and they elected Obama twice. I worked with many Union guys
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#47
I have lived in Cortland, Austintown and now live near Cleveland in a small city called Bedford.
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#51
We lost the working class in many cases because of globalism which failed the midwest and this
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#41
Where were the democrats in those areas? Where those areas abandoned? Thx in advance
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#53
Because once Republicans gain power, their only goal is to maintain that power.
W_HAMILTON
Aug 2022
#7
I have spent most of my life in Ohio. I don't think I've ever seen it as a swing state in
airmid
Aug 2022
#9
I thought Hamilton was very Republican locally. I am district 8 so I am unsure of the Rep.?
airmid
Aug 2022
#31
I believe it's b/c OH is so heavily gerimandered that it can't be a "swing state" anymore.
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2022
#11
It is nothing to do with that...it is the job situation...now my kids are still here for now.
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#49
DeWine like many former Ohio governors has a big scandal and is at 45 % approvability.
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#50
A Republican Legislature controls, the most corrupt in Ohio history.
True Blue American
Aug 2022
#26
Kasich did the same in Ohio. Now DeWine is worse, but some of the good School Districts
True Blue American
Aug 2022
#56
Destroying education for one generation has ripple effects for the decline of an entire state.
Novara
Aug 2022
#57
We very well may elect Tim Ryan this cycle. And there are still many Democrats in the
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#39
It's worth noting that DeSantis won by like 30K is a very large state. Hardly a big win, but
themaguffin
Aug 2022
#40
Radicalized GOP: Take over judiciary, kill public education, feed Fascist Oligarch eXtremists
Hermit-The-Prog
Aug 2022
#69