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What This Ohio Voter Said About Union Workers And Trump Should Worry Democrats
Townhall ^ | 01/10/2020 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 01/10/2020 7:39:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind

In 2016, Donald Trump handily beat Hillary Clinton in the Buckeye State. As commentator George Will noted, for quite some time, the GOP presidential strategy was to win the south, the Midwest, the West, and then spend the equivalent of the GDP of Brazil to win Ohio. There are stories about George Bush knowing that his second term hinged on him winning Ohio, which he did. Barack Obama changed all of that. Yet, public opinion shifts like the tides. Trump won Florida outright, a state that has many worrying about the competitiveness of the GOP in national elections due to changing demographics. Obama winning Ohio twice also added to that fear. And then Trump won it by eight points

As the 2020 race is heating up, President Trump is already running a soft, quasi-general election campaign by holding rallies in key states. He held one in Toledo, Ohio last night. Swing states are also in the news due to their voters’ opposition to the Democrats’ impeachment push of President Trump. There are oodles of Obama voters here who flipped for Trump, some of them two-time Obama voters. Millions of these people are what helped turn the tide. With far-left policies being peddled by the Left, like illegal aliens getting health care, aggressive gun control, and Medicare for All, working people no longer see Democrats as their champions. The laundry list that makes up the Democrats’ 2020 agenda is tailored to the professional elites that dominate the urban areas and the coasts—you will not win an election with just these areas. 

Medicare for All is especially lethal to Democrats since a) no one believes that it can be accomplished without middle-class tax increases; b) it’s ruinously expensive; c) it means the destruction of private health insurance. That’s over 150+ million plans, and that includes union households. Oh yes, prior to the rally, a Ohio voters said that union workers who are employed by Jeep are pro-Trump. That does not bode well for Democrats who are trying to retake and rebuild the blue wall that ran through the Rust Belt. Last year, Matt Moorhead, an employee of General Motors, offered a warning to 2020 Democrats, noting that he’s a bit unnerved that some of these clowns running don’t know any working people. And because of that—union households will vote Republican. Well, with a booming economy, unpopular impeachment, and immigration finally taken a more aggressive turn towards enforcement—it’s certainly trending that way. 

WATCH: An Ohio voter explains why President Trump will win Ohio again in 2020:

"These union workers at Jeep...all support @realDonaldTrump.

"These people are mad with what the Democrats are doing especially with impeachment." pic.twitter.com/x6WquUxOZI— Francis Brennan (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@FrancisBrennan) January 9, 2020

In early 2019, The Washington Post wrote an op-ed from Mark Dawson, an Ohio elections statistics expert, who declared that the Buckeye State was Trump country. He quoted other local Democratic leaders who were also resigned to the fact that the state was now a GOP stronghold, adding that Democrats should be mindful of this when it comes to resource allocation in 2020. He also wondered if Democrats could ever win it back. Even with a lefty populist like Sen. Sherrod Brown representing them, his share of the vote has declined steadily since 2006. Dawson points out another warning for Democrats concerning Ohio. The 2018 elections here were a mess for the party. On paper, it should have been a good year. Instead, the GOP swept the statewide races and they remain in firm control of both houses of the state legislature:

For well more than a century, Ohio not only voted most often of any state for the winning presidential candidate (28 of 30 times between 1896 and 2012) but it also deviated the least of any state from the national, two-party voting average.

That run is over. Ohio now votes like a red state. The people running presidential campaigns should study this trend closely before deciding how much time — and how much money — to invest in the Buckeye State.

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The situation is all the more surprising because, from all appearances, 2018 was setting up to be a good year for Ohio Democrats. Quality, well-funded candidates lined up to challenge Ohio Republicans in statewide elections. Democratic turnout was extremely high for a midterm election. In congressional races, Democrats received 97 percent of the votes in 2018 that they did in 2016, an unusually high percentage. By comparison, Republicans received only 77 percent of their 2016 vote. So, there actually was a blue wave in Ohio.

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After the 2018 elections, Dave Betras, Democratic chairman in Mahoning County, which includes Youngstown, remarked, “I don’t know how you can call [the state] anything but red. At one time a guy who showered after work and not before used to be reliably blue, and I’m not sure they are anymore.”

Dawson noted that immigration was a top issue for Ohio voters. And these aren’t open borders supporters. 



TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2020; boycotts; davebetras; immigration; incometaxes; mahoningcounty; mattmoorhead; mattvespa; ohio; sanctions; tariffs; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; trade; union; youngstown

1 posted on 01/10/2020 7:39:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

“Crossing Over” with Donald Trump.


2 posted on 01/10/2020 7:47:03 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And these aren’t open borders supporters.
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That describes 65-70% of Americans, but both parties have been determined to thwart their will.


3 posted on 01/10/2020 7:49:46 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Yet, public opinion shifts like the tides.”

“He also wondered if Democrats could ever win it back. “

Ohio is not unique in any way. Lots of brain dead lefties here, and plenty in the squishy middle. Once President Trump finishes his second term, Ohio is in play. Republicans are Republicans, and just like with President Reagan, the GOP will enjoy the winning, but lose their way when he steps aside.


4 posted on 01/10/2020 7:53:39 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ohio has not changed. It is still a Democrat Party state, circa 1950’s that’s is. Nationalist, respects working class unions, strong defense, populist, moderate on trade, respect for conservative morale... Trump could’ve been a aDemocrat. And it would have utterly obliterated the Republican Party.


5 posted on 01/10/2020 7:54:24 AM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: SeekAndFind

The unions the Dems worry about are AFGE, AFSCME, NEA, AFT, UNITE HERE. All others can pound sand.


6 posted on 01/10/2020 8:07:16 AM PST by steve8714
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To: brownsfan

There are 6 or 7 counties that could make the difference for Republicans.
Look at the map. A sea of Red with just a few Blue dots.
This year the census will show a decline in population, perhaps leading to a loss of a House seat. I hope it combines Fudge and Ryan (2 for 1)


7 posted on 01/10/2020 8:12:57 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; big bad easter bunny; ...

Please let me know if you want on or off the Ohio Ping list.

“What This Ohio Voter Said About Union Workers And Trump Should Worry Democrats
Townhall ^ | 01/10/2020 | Matt Vespa”


8 posted on 01/10/2020 8:27:26 AM PST by Lowell1775
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
I don't understand -- he's cut income taxes, tried to get our borders under control, and been a fair trade activist. How can working people support that?!? /s

9 posted on 01/10/2020 8:53:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I truly think it is really beginning to bake in to the general public that the Democrat Party is fundamentally anti-American party.

- Opposed to 2nd Amendment
- Don’t want a wall
- Demand open borders
- They publicly sympathize with Iran and terrorists
- Russian collusion hoax
- Impeachment hoax
- Climate change penalties for Americans but not other nations
- Obama stating the new economic normal was stagnation and lower wages
- Shipping our jobs to China and other countries
- Bowing to ever tin-horn dictator and apologizing for America
- Not standing up for America - Benghazi


10 posted on 01/10/2020 8:55:29 AM PST by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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To: Obadiah

OH is a lock for Trump. He won it by nine in 2016.


11 posted on 01/10/2020 9:03:38 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SeekAndFind

Politically unions endorse who promises the most goodies, but down the line, most hands vote Trump.


12 posted on 01/10/2020 9:06:11 AM PST by vpintheak (Leftists are full of "Love, peace" and bovine squeeze.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump will win.

We need to keep the Senate. I think we will, but it will closer than now. Counting Burny and Anus as dems, it is R53-D47. I think we'll wind up 52-48.

We need to win back the House.

This is our most important mission as Trump voters. No democrat House votes. EVERYWHERE. Make it so out-of-reach for them fraud won't work.

Get going everyone! Make this work!!!

13 posted on 01/10/2020 9:51:35 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Dawson noted that immigration was a top issue for Ohio voters. And these aren’t open borders supporters.

Illegals drive down wages across the board... people who work for a living know that...

14 posted on 01/10/2020 9:59:56 AM PST by GOPJ (Iran's Mulllahs, thugs and terrorists want to thank MSNBC, CNN, and WP for standing with them...)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Union workers have been betrayed by their leadership’s support of illegal immigration, and the party of illegal immigration.

They know who is on their side....


15 posted on 01/10/2020 10:06:00 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: SeekAndFind
I worked in the auto industry my entire life and I know many retired UAW workers who are staunch conservatives and Trump supporters....

I can't speak for the working rank and file but I suspect that they're still union first but silently vote Republican......

16 posted on 01/10/2020 10:06:55 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Obadiah

The Democratic Party wants citizens to pay for housing, health care, food, education etc. of illegal aliens.

That is declaration of war on citizens—full stop.


17 posted on 01/10/2020 10:07:36 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: FreedomNotSafety
Ohio has not changed. It is still a Democrat Party state, circa 1950’s that’s is. Nationalist, respects working class unions, strong defense, populist, moderate on trade, respect for conservative morale... Trump could’ve been a aDemocrat. And it would have utterly obliterated the Republican Party.

President Reagan was a Democrat once. The party left him. Now it's left the American people.

18 posted on 01/10/2020 12:27:02 PM PST by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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