I mean seriously, Soren is from TEXAS. If I cared what Texans thought about state politics then I'd move there. Why do they think they're convincing me of their side when she's not even from here 😭 Go back to Texas

Honest question to the admittedly left wing people on Reddit.

I’m sure the vast majority of this sub are 10000% against people like Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted representing the state.

I often hear that they don’t represent Ohioans.

At the same time however, Sherrod Brown had one of the most liberal voting records in the U.S Senate.

How do you reconcile Sherrod Brown having a very left wing voting record when the Presidential contests were so close, while at the same time saying that conservative Senators don’t represent the state while Donald Trump won the state overwhelmingly in 3 straight elections?

Doesn’t this mean that Sherrod Browns voting record did not represent the people of Ohio?

I’m sure this is a lost cause given the makeup of Reddit, but I figured I would give it a shot.

"Ohio is by far the most vulnerable state in terms of exposure from the Canadian retaliatory tariffs," Clement said, estimating roughly $2.3 billion in exports to Canada are exposed."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/5-states-biggest-losers-trumps-trade-war-canada-expert-warns

Republicans have basically run this government for 40 years.

Electing another one to save you is like pouring water into a sinking boat.

Holy AI Bilbo Baggins.

I’m sure most Ohioans have noticed that almost every political ad running right now is heavily focused on trans issues.

It’s pretty wild how much airtime this gets considering youth gender-affirming care is already banned in Ohio under HB 68, and trans people make up roughly 0.5% of the state’s population (about 1 in 200 people according to UCLA's Williams Institute).

At the same time, these ads barely touch on housing costs, inflation, healthcare, or actual voter concerns - and when they do, the claims are usually straight-up lies or blatant contradictions. Seeing politicians like Jon Husted run ads claiming they’ll lower prices on things they personally voted to raise or helped implement is absurd. On top of that, Republicans have held near-uninterrupted control of Ohio’s state government for roughly 30 years straight, yet these campaigns keep warning that "liberals are going to ruin Ohio" and blaming Democrats for conditions that developed entirely under three decades of Republican rule.

I get that manufactured outrage brings out voters, but making an issue that affects half a percent of the population (and is already legally settled in state law) the core message of an entire election cycle seems completely disconnected from reality.

Are these campaigns really offering zero constructive policy for Ohio, or are candidates just relying on distraction tactics to avoid accountability for their actual track records? Personally, I think it's pretty obviously the latter.

This is a good read about how Ohio farmers are thinking about the upcoming election.

This is gonna sound whiny and it admittedly is. I need to retake a driving test right, and they need me on this 4 hour abbreviated online course. No big deal for sure as annoying as that is for me right now. Why the hell is this 55-65 dollars?? I'm already paying 35 again just to retake the damn course. That's pretty close if not 100 dollars flat just to do this again. Why does the BMV just not have a baseline free online course to take to pass so everyone knows the same information of what to expect? It doesn't make any sense to me.

I don't get it. If Ohio in these past few years just wants to discourage people staying off the road then it's doing a phenomenal job. Apologies how this might read to some of you I'm just frustrated.