Ohio
Which States Are Bellwethers for Partisan Control of the US Senate?
Two states – Rhode Island and Nevada – have elected U.S. Senators into the majority party of the subsequent Congress 75+ percent of the time over the last 100 years; Virginia has done so in each of the last six elections.
Read MoreWill 2016 GOP Convention Boost Nominee in Host City’s State?
Republican presidential nominees have averaged a 1-point decline in the convention host state’s adjusted margin of victory (or loss) vis-à-vis the national vote compared to the previous election cycle since the first televised convention in 1940.
Read MoreObama’s America: State References in SOTU Addresses
When searching for episodic examples to bolster his policies in SOTU addresses, the president turns to the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio more than any other.
Read MorePlurality Blues: Governors on the Hot Seat
Since 1900, less than half of plurality-winning governors who were eligible for another term were reelected to their seat in the next cycle.
Read MoreUnusual Entrances: Clergymen Turned US Senators
North Carolina’s Mark Harris is trying to add his name to a list of less than two-dozen members of the clergy who have served in the Senate in U.S. history and only three who were elected to the chamber since the turn of the 19th Century.
Read MorePresidential Commencement Addresses: Notre Dame Reigns
Ohio State will host its third commencement address by a sitting president this spring, but that’s only half the number tallied by Notre Dame.
Read MoreStrickland Out in 2014 Following 2nd Biggest Incumbent Tumble in Ohio History
Only one other governor has suffered a bigger decline in support in a reelection bid than Strickland in 2010 out of 40 such gubernatorial incumbents since the birth of the two-party system 180+ years ago.
Read MoreOhio: The Nation’s Battleground Since 1828
Ohio has been the most politically divided state in the country in presidential elections for the last 184 years – boasting the lowest average victory margin and the largest number and percentage of races decided by less than five points.
Read MoreOhio: Gerrymandering 1, Obama Coattails 0
With only four Democratic U.S. Representatives elected from Ohio in 2012, the Buckeye State is sending the smallest number and percentage of allies of a newly-elected president to D.C. in state history.
Read MoreDeath of the Battlegrounds? The 2012 Election in History
The 2012 presidential election is the only cycle since the birth of the two-party system in 1828 to be decided by less than 15 points nationally and yet have less than 10 percent of its contests decided by fewer than five points.
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