[Torie]

Well the city as acquried some culturally liberal neighborhoods, ala metro areas in the Northeast and the Pacific Coast, and Chicago, etc. Someone said, it had the largest gay population in Ohio. I don't know about that.

[LdSentinal]

In 1992, Clinton won Ohio by just 2% with perot taking a good chunk of the electorate. While in 1995, Dole lost the national vote by 8.5%, but lost Ohio by 6% with Perot taking 11% of the vote.

Despite Ohio's economic foils, it's certainly not as bad as it was in 1992 -- and the state has been trending more to the Republican side, mainly due to the bleeding of Northeast Ohio.