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The Republican Party nominated its first presidential candidate in 1856, putting up John C. Fremont against Democrat James Buchanan, who had been a senator from Pennsylvania. Fremont lost Pennsylvania to Buchanan and lost the election.Four years later, the Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln, who ran in a divided nation against a divided Democratic Party and won Pennsylvania -- and also the presidency.Lincoln won Pennsylvania again in 1864, and Ulysses S. Grant won it in 1868 and 1872.A pattern had been established: Since the Civil War, only two Republicans have been elected president while losing Pennsylvania. The first was Richard M. Nixon,...

One Cincinnati family is keeping a close count of the political signs dotting the front yards of their suburban neighborhood. The signs supporting President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are of special interest to the father and son, who tally up the number of signs for each candidate while driving around their neighborhood and report the numbers to the mother. With one week remaining until Election Day, suburban voters—particularly suburban women—are of special interest to both campaigns and could be a deciding factor in the presidential election. Trump has made countless pleas to suburban women this election...

The House Judiciary Committee Republicans trolled former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday night mocking her as they tweeted 'Happy Birthday' shortly after Amy Coney Barrett had been confirmed to the Supreme Court. 'Amy Coney Barrett, confirmed. Happy Birthday, @HillaryClinton!' the tweet read. The message was posted on the House Judiciary GOP Twitter account and may have been written by its Ranking Member, Congressman Jim Jordan.

A passage in The Washington Post shows that media are determined to call the emails on Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop Russian disinformation – even though they know that they’re not – Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Monday. Jordan, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, tweeted: “The media knows the Hunter Biden emails are real. “They know it’s not Russian disinformation. “But they continue to cover up the scandal” As evidence, Rep. Jordan posted a quote from a “Perspectives” piece by Author Thomas Rid in the October 25, 2020 edition of The Washington Post: “We must treat the Hunter...

Data Analyst Professor Bela Stantic says based on rigorous data analysis of millions of social media posts, he believes US President Donald Trump will win the US election, despite national polls suggesting Joe Biden will become president. "On September 18, I collected over four million tweets with 20 million likes and I did analysis and based on that analysis I concluded Trump is ahead and he will win with 270-280 seats. "Trump has 161 seats which are very firm and 19 which is sure, which brings him to 180. He, according to my analysis - which was on September 20...

In one of the rare instances where the media has bothered to ask Joe Biden about anything of substance, he was forced to give an answer during the last presidential debate about whether or not he was planning on banning fracking. He flip-flopped on that issue yet again, saying that he would not be banning fracking, likely because he’s aware that the polls in Pennsylvania are hanging by a thread at the moment. But as C. Boyden Gray points out this week at Real Clear Politics, Joe Biden’s answer wasn’t just at odds with previous statements by both he...

President Donald J. Trump will deliver remarks on fighting for the forgotten men and women in Lumberton, North Carolina on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 at 12:30 PM EDT. President Donald J. Trump will also deliver remarks at Make America Great Again Victory Rallies in Circleville, Ohio on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 at 4:00 PM EDT, Waukesha, Wisconsin on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 at 7:00 PM CDT, and Manchester, New Hampshire on Sunday, October 25th, 2020 at 1:00 PM EDT. These events will feature remarks from President Donald J. Trump and Republican candidates.

HAMILTON, Ohio (KAKE) - An Ohio sheriff is drawing national attention for a video in which he offered to help pay transportation cost for celebrities who said they'd leave the country if Donald Trump is re-elected president. Sheriff Richard K. Jones, starting Monday with a pair of social media posts, went viral again. A release posted to Facebook said Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones "would like to extend an invitation to put money towards a one-way ticket for any celebrity that would like to leave the country this time around if President Trump is re-elected.” Among the recent celebrities...

Democrats Freak Out Over "Deja Vu" As Dems ALREADY Underperform, Republicans WINNING Voter Advantage. Biden enters PA with a smaller lead than Hillary did in the polling average. While Democrats have a huge lead in early voting in PA they are underperforming in many key battleground states. This combined with Trump's voter registration advantage suggests Democrats are on track for 2016 round two and they know it. Democrats are getting worried that it is starting to play out exactly like 2016 did and the Republicans and Trump may be set to defeat Joe Biden early on election night. ...

Amid a staggering daily increase in newly confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. Mike DeWine once again pleaded with the public to continue wearing a mask and practicing social distancing, fearing that further increases would result in schools and businesses being forced to shut down. DeWine, speaking during a news conference in Cleveland, did not say any such measure was imminent, but said he was caught off guard by the increase in coronavirus cases over the past three weeks. But a continuing surge in the virus had the possibility to upend the progress the state has made on the economy and reopening...

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The presidential race is narrow in battleground state Ohio, with Joe Biden (D) leading President Trump by two percentage points, according to a Rassmussen Reports survey released Tuesday. Biden leads the president 48 percent to 46 percent in the Buckeye State, while four percent of Ohio voters remain undecided, the survey found. Biden’s lead reduces to a single percentage point, 48 percent to 47 percent, when leaners are included.

At a symposium hosted by Texas A&M University at Commerce, titled, "What the Truth Sounds Like," Professor Donna Ford argued that one of the significant problems in education is White females. She also noted that diversity of “skin color” is not enough, considering that she wouldn’t want “Clarence Thomas teaching my damn kids.” “There is a monopoly on education, where White females being about 85 percent of the teaching force, and then you know pretty much the same thing with white administrators. So White females I'm speaking to you, and I’m saying you’ve got to get your sh- stuff together,”...

Early voting data is showing positive signs for President Donald Trump and some troubling signs for Joe Biden.Start off with the basic principle that there is expected to be more early, mail-in voting with Democrats, and more in-person, Election Day voting with Republicans voting for Trump. So, one should expect the numbers of the early voting to weigh heavily in favor of the Democrats. Now, some states are tracking along like that.But in some of the key states, turns out that isn’t the case, as NBC notes in their tracking of the early vote citing Target Smart. In Texas, which...

Allegedly Used Secret Swiss and Bermudian Bank Accounts in Scheme to Conceal Approximately Two Billion Dollars of Capital Gains Income A federal grand jury in San Francisco, California, returned a 39 count indictment charging Robert T. Brockman, the Chief Executive Officer of an Ohio-based software company, with tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and other offenses, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Tax Division, U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California, and Chief of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Jim Lee. The charges stem from an alleged decades-long scheme...

COLUMBUS, OH—In response to growing concerns over celebrity election meddling, several states have introduced voting machines with new technology that will immediately discard your ballot if it determines you are voting because a celebrity told you to. "We are extremely concerned about celebrity influence in this election," said Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. "According to several authoritative studies, celebrities are literally the worst. We can't allow our future to be determined by celebrities or anyone insane enough to listen to them." Polls have shown that there are actually a few people out there who rely on celebrities like Mark...

...Well, now Devine has given us a glimpse into the galaxy-level brain behind Ohio’s mask mandate via a warning he issued to his constituents on Twitter. According to DeWine, things are likely to “get worse before they get better” because, unlike most microscopic entities, the COVID-19 virus… brace yourself… “has a mind of its own.” And, sadly for Ohio and the rest of the world as well, it turns out that SARS-CoV-2’s mind is both debased, making it “sneaky and cunning,” and tenacious to boot. The damnable little bugger just “won’t give up.” It’s difficult to imagine a stupider remark....

OHIO: PRESIDENTIAL RACE The race for the White House in Ohio remains essentially tied, as likely voters support Biden 48 percent and Trump 47 percent. Four percent are undecided. This is identical to the last Ohio survey released on September 24th. Likely voters have a mixed opinion of Biden with 48 percent having a favorable view and 47 percent having an unfavorable one. In September, they gave him a mixed 45 percent favorable and 49 percent unfavorable rating. Likely voters give Trump a slightly negative 46 - 51 percent favorability rating, which is virtually unchanged from a negative 45 -...

Accused conspirators charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed "taking" Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, an FBI agent testified at a court hearing Tuesday. During the hearing in Grand Rapids, Mich., to discuss the charges filed last week against members of a self-proclaimed militia accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor, FBI Special Agent Richard Trask revealed that months ago some of the suspects met in Dublin, Ohio, where Northam, also a Democrat, was discussed as a potential target.

Former vice president Joe Biden said he’s a “proud Democrat,” but if he’s elected president he will serve all Americans, regardless of their party affiliation, those who voted for him and those who supported President Donald Trump. “One America,” he told a small crowd Monday night at Union Terminal. He was critical of how Trump has handled the coronavirus and the way he has divided the country through his racial comments. If elected, Biden said he will provide “heal and hope” for Americans. “That’s the president’s job,” he said. More than two hours before Biden was scheduled to speak Monday...