Speaking as someone whose family is from Ohio, the only people who live in Ohio these days are the ones who don't have the good sense to move somewhere else. No shock that figure disproportionately includes Deplorables.
Columbus and Cincinnati are great cities, and Ohio is the best state in the Midwest
Exactly why???
While it's certainly not the "best state in the Midwest" (IMO), the difference in tone toward it between 2012 and now is hilarious. In 2012, it was a big state with multiple urban centers that pushed it into the Democrats' favor and rural areas that weren't "southernized" enough to fall for the GOP's racism and evangelism. Now the entire state is equated to an abandoned factory in Youngstown. Objectively speaking, Ohio is not some shlthole.
Well, I'm not one such Democrat, but I absolutely do not believe it's the "best state in the Midwest." I've visited almost all of the Midwestern states, and, outside of the beauty of the state, it was rather lackluster when compared to MN, IL, or MI.