Marginal difference in Appalachian coal mining jobs - rubes or not - the...
Let's assume that Appalachian voters voted the way they did for economic reasons mainly. I doubt it. I think I understand very well why they voted the way that they did, but let's make that assumption....
View ArticleWinning back (some) T***p voters: jobs and Obamacare. All else is noise.
I resisted the urge to compose another “Here’s what went wrong and how to fix it” entry because, hey, what do I know? How, as it is said, a guy who shits in gold toilets can be seen as a man of the...
View ArticleDear Ohio Democratic Party: Stop Endorsing Candidates in Primaries
Next month, the Ohio Democratic Executive Committee, composed mostly of party insiders, will meet in Columbus. There, the Executive Committee, which has members from across the state, will decide...
View ArticleThe 'reasonable' Republican candidate just blocked a democratic vote on $15...
While Republicans in North Carolina thwart the democratic process of our Constitution by stripping the elected incoming governor of his powers, the Republican governor of Ohio—John “I love war”...
View Article(Not So Fun) Facts About the Presidential Vote Totals.
Data taken from this site. Certified results totals are in for all states.For the numbers nerd in you…Overall:Trump received votes from 46.0955% of those voting. Clinton received votes from 48.1925%...
View ArticleJoin our tour of the worst Republican gerrymanders, with Ohio's 3rd District!
We're taking a tour of the most outrageous Republican gerrymanders in the nation. Read why in our introductory post, and click here for the full series.Republicans had previously cracked the state...
View ArticleHere's what Ohio might have looked like in 2016 without congressional...
We're taking a look at the impact of Republican gerrymanders on the 2016 congressional elections. Read why in our introductory post, and click here for the full series.Republicans ruthlessly...
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Ohio Exit Polls: Less than $50,000
There have been several prevailing theories about what happened in this campaign pushed by the mainstream media and many here on Kos. I bought into much of it, but, decided to test the various theories...
View ArticleClinton carried Tim Ryan's eastern Ohio congressional district after all
As we do every four years, Daily Kos Elections is calculating the results of the 2016 presidential election for all 435 congressional districts, and this series of posts explores the most interesting...
View ArticleVoting Rights Roundup: Courts block key parts of North Carolina GOP's...
Leading Off● North Carolina: Democrat Roy Cooper defeated Republican Gov. Pat McCrory last year, breaking the GOP’s chokehold on North Carolina’s state government. Soon thereafter, Republicans...
View ArticleSherrod Brown: First Democratic senator to say 'No way' to voting for Jeff...
Campaign ActionOhio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown made clear Friday that he would not be complicit in approving GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions as the nation's top law enforcement officer. Sueng Min Kim...
View ArticleIntoxicated off-duty Ohio police officer arrested in movie theater after...
Milford, Ohio police officer Shauna Lambert was at the center of an embarrassing and dangerous scene on Friday when she was arrested during a showing of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story after startling...
View ArticleForced-birthers want to push a federal "heartbeat bill"
Just when we thought we could breathe easy after John Kasich’s veto of Ohio’s heartbeat bill, it looks like this monstrosity is about to be resurrected at the federal level.Janet Porter, the religious...
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UPDATED: COUNTY-LEVEL ESTIMATES of who could lose healthcare coverage across...
I originally planned on only doing this for my home state of Michigan.Then someone asked if I could do it for Florida...then Arizona...and the next thing I knew, I was crunching numbers and compiling...
View ArticleOhio should send fake news merchant the bill for checking out bogus voter...
Cam Harris has had a really, really, really bad winter. Harris, you may know, is the guy who was responsible for churning out one of the most notorious fake news stories of the campaign—a report that...
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Sunday Train: An Ohio Universities Rail System, Part 1 (Southern &...
Well, the 2016 High Speed Rail unlock has been postponed to 2018 or 2020.When transportation policy at the Federal level is grabbed with both hands by the Oil and Gas death lobby, we have to turn to...
View ArticleA Friend, and Trump Voter, is worried. Already.
I just had a phone call with a local friend who forcefully supported Trump. He also supported my campaign for local office. I haven’t spoken to him since Election Night. He saw I was online. Over...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Brown (D) Boycotted Price & Mnuchin, Now You Have To Push Him To...
Good:Senate Democrats boycotted two committee votes to delay the confirmations of President Donald Trump's picks to head the departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury on Tuesday."We're not...
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OH-Sen: "I Cannot Support A SCOTUS Nominee Who Does Not Recognize That...
Yes!Moments after newly-elected President Donald Trump announced his selection of Colorado's Neil Gorsuch to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice, the commentary began.Ohio's Democratic senator,...
View ArticleRed State Resistance. Live on Daily Kos!
Red State Resistance is a new DK community. What does it mean to be living, working and resisting in the heart of conquered territory? How do we build an effective resistance? Our focus will be on the...
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