Why Kerry won Trumbull and Mahoning counties?

[iceman]

I believe Kerry was seen as the more elitist candidate, so why did he win to WWC counties in Northeast Ohio by that much?

[H. Ross Peron]

I believe Kerry was seen as the more elitist candidate, so why did he win to WWC counties in Northeast Ohio by that much?

Kerry had strong residual support of the northern and even Appalachian WWC.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

I believe Kerry was seen as the more elitist candidate, so why did he win to WWC counties in Northeast Ohio by that much?

They were still reliably Democratic at the time. Same reason Adlai Stevenson carried rural counties in the deep south despite also being seen as the more elitist candidate next to Eisenhower.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Kerry also won Atlas fave Elliot County by forty points lmfao

[TML]

In 2004 there was still a lot of Democratic support in Appalachia, mostly from the Greatest Generation voters (born between 1901-1927). This also explains why Kerry won some counties in WV and eastern KY, along with some counties in SE Ohio along the Ohio River valley.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

In 2004 there was still a lot of Democratic support in Appalachia, mostly from the Greatest Generation voters (born between 1901-1927). This also explains why Kerry won some counties in WV and eastern KY, along with some counties in SE Ohio along the Ohio River valley.
[/quote

IIRC West Virginia was still discussed seriously as a swing state early on in 2004.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Kerry also won Atlas fave Elliot County by forty points lmfao

Until ten years ago, the thought of a Democratic candidate NOT winning Elliott County by forty points would have been shocking.

A bit like Starr County until yesteryear.

[Calthrina950]

I believe Kerry was seen as the more elitist candidate, so why did he win to WWC counties in Northeast Ohio by that much?

They were still reliably Democratic at the time. Same reason Adlai Stevenson carried rural counties in the deep south despite also being seen as the more elitist candidate next to Eisenhower.

This, and especially so on the downballot level. Mike DeWine lost Trumbull and Mahoning in 2000 even while he was winning reelection to the Senate by 24%. Eighteen years later, when he beat Richard Cordray in the gubernatorial election by a much closer 4% margin, he lost those two counties by about the same margins as in 2000-a clear indicator of their rightward trend. And in 2006, both Sherrod Brown and Ted Strickland received more than 70% of the vote in Trumbull and Mahoning in their landslide elections as Senator and Governor.

[Sol]

lol

[Chips]

Both were still solidly blue at the time.