Ohio Ballot Issue 1 Megathread (August 8)

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58-42 in favor of No.

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No one actually thought this would succeed, right?

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Not Holmes county voting yes... I'm renouncing them

It's like it's the most Republican county in the whole state and also full of super-anti-abortion Amish people.

Will be interesting if Geauga stays for 'No' in the end cause it also has a lot of Amish. But it also has usually-GOP suburbs that right now are pulling hard in the EV for 'No.'

It should. Geauga is far more college-educated than the state as a whole.

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The night wouldn't have been complete without this:

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1689074366514896896

waaaaa waaaa waaaa goo goo ga ga the side I rooted for lost so it rigged waaa waa waaa

Smh.

Why are we giving her any sort of attention whatsoever? At least Trump is a former president and very likely to be the nominee again. At least MTG, Boebert and Gaetz are duly elected members of Congress. She's absolutely nothing. She might as well a random homeless crack addict.

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Looks like the final margin will be 57-43. FWIW, the following counties voted No by a wider margin than the state did:
-Athens
-Cuyahoga
-Delaware (barely)
-Franklin
-Hamilton
-Lake
-Lorain
-Lucas
-Mahoning (barely)
-Montgomery
-Portage (barely)
-Summit

Erie and Trumbull pretty much exactly tracked the statewide margin, while Wood voted No by a slightly smaller margin than the state. I know it's far from a perfect comparison, but I feel like this is a potential indicator of what counties Sherrod would need to win.

Also I'm surprised Warren voted No by more than Butler did. Butler is slightly less white, but Warren is way richer and more college-educated.

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This result shows why Trump is the only Republican who can be competitive in the rust belt. His secular brand allows him to win socially moderate voters that no other Republican can.

Mike DeWine won reelection by 25 points.

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... is Ohio going to count any more ballots? It's been over a week and I thought there was something like tens of thousands of possible late mail ballots to count?

No, because some states are actually good at administering elections and don’t put themselves into a situation where there are thousands of ballots left to count over a week after Election Day.