Will Ohio ever legalize marijuana?

[BelieveInCleve]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

I grew up in rural Northeast Ohio. I have had this discussion with friends and family multiple times. The general consensus has been that the social differences in different areas of the state always ends up balancing out in election results. I have always had the impression that southern Ohio is significantly more conservative than the northern half. Just for example, compare the Cleveland area to metro Cincinnati.

We used to always joke about how all of those religious billboards would start popping up once you got as far south as Columbus. We used to say it's like you're starting to hit the bible belt.

Exactly, that's what I was getting at. As a state we usually vote right in the middle because of this.

Originally Posted by cwaggy

Send all the Crackers in Ohio to W. Virginny and you will have good legal puff for all. With LIBERTY and JUSTICE and A SPLIFF for ALL. Lesbians too. They need Justice and Liberty and a Fatty. A Doobie. A J-Bar. WHATEVER. Ohio could be a great progressive state if y'all just shipped them crackers OUT.

Where did I put my lighter......?????????????/

Wow, what a dumb post.

A lot of whites in NE Ohio are some of the most liberal/progressive out there.

Wait, I just checked your profile and you are white yourself and you live in a zip code in MA that's literally 99% white. What are you doing?

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by BelieveInCleve

However the rest of the state including the majority of small towns and rural areas will nearly always vote Republican, and are conservative AKA backwards-thinking. This also goes for most of the area surrounding Cincinnati and Columbus. This is why Bush won in Ohio, that is if it wasn't rigged the whole time.

Kerry won Cincinnati by 65%. Obama's won Cincinnati by a ridiculous majority, Hamilton County even swung for Obama. Cincinnati hasn't had a Republican Mayor since you were alive and majority council is Democratic. There are City-Data post and then there are facts. It's all public knowledge.

Typically larger metros will favor Democrats favorably ... that's just how it is.

[SouthBound47]

Originally Posted by Cincy-Rise

Kerry won Cincinnati by 65%. Obama's won Cincinnati by a ridiculous majority, Hamilton County even swung for Obama. Cincinnati hasn't had a Republican Mayor since you were alive and majority council is Democratic. There are City-Data post and then there are facts. It's all public knowledge.

Typically larger metros will favor Democrats favorably ... that's just how it is.

Thank goodness for small towns and suburbs!

[BelieveInCleve]

Originally Posted by Cincy-Rise

Kerry won Cincinnati by 65%. Obama's won Cincinnati by a ridiculous majority, Hamilton County even swung for Obama. Cincinnati hasn't had a Republican Mayor since you were alive and majority council is Democratic. There are City-Data post and then there are facts. It's all public knowledge.

Typically larger metros will favor Democrats favorably ... that's just how it is.

I agree, hence "several other large urban centers".

Cincinnati as a city might vote Democrat the far majority of the time, but Hamilton county is usually just slightly majority republican. Also the entire surrounding area votes Republican.

In the 2008 election, every county in SW Ohio voted for McCain/Republican except Hamilton County (Cincinnati) and Montgomery County (Dayton). http://philhardwickblog.files.wordpr...p-counties.jpg
Before 2008, Hamilton County had voted Republican in every presidential race going back 44 years. Presidential Elections History - OPEN - cleveland.com