As to Ohio, President Joe Biden’s purported strengths and purported weaknesses are beside the point. Absent the unforeseeable, ex-President Donald Trump is going to carry Ohio in November. Ohio’s presidential electors will meet at the Statehouse on Dec. 17. Trump’s slate might as well book its Columbus hotel rooms now.
The critical question for Ohio Democrats is whether and, if yes, how a Trump victory in Ohio might hold down turnout by the state’s Democratic voters and those independents who loathe Trump.