I charted out my swing counties to watch today, and completely forgot about Medina. :) I plan to monitor totals from Clark, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Jefferson, Summit, Warren, and especially, Wood, Counties on Election night. Knowing what I know of Defiance and Wood (I live in Putnam, in-between both of them), I should be able to call the race just using those two.
Oh, and in case you gents missed seeing it - Obama for America is spending $2 million on TV in Michigan starting tomorrow.
I don’t know if I would consider Medina a true swing county. As was pointed out above in the comments, the county did go for McCain and Bush before that. While Brunswick is the democrat stronghold (it butts up to Cuyahoga County) there remains large semi-rural and rural areas which are predominantly conservative. Medina City is the county seat, and is a mixed industrial and retail economy with a good percentage of upper middle class housing developments. Wadsworth is situated in the southeast corner and is more associated with Akron than Cleveland. It too is a right leaning area.
There are strong grassroots organizations at work here, and if I remember correctly, a sign at the local victory center listed that office as one of the leading ones in Ohio for calls made and doors knocked on.
Is the storm (power outages) going to factor in to Ohio? I’ve heard the eastern part of the state (which is more conservative) has some areas without power? Any thoughts?