Ohio Senate: Republican Chameleon J.D. Vance Is Neck-n-neck with Moderate Populist Democrat Tim Ryan

Author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance narrowly won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate from Ohio with only 32 percent of the vote. Endorsements from Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson were decisive. Vance faces pro-worker, pro-labor progressive Congressman Tim Ryan, who is currently slightly ahead. The race's outcome signals the future of Trumpism. It's also...

So Ohio Goes, So Goes the Nation?

Ohio, once a swing state, has key elections in 2022 for senator, governor and several congressional seats. If Ohio fails to elect any Democrats despite Republican divisions, chances are Republicans will take the U.S. House of Representatives and possibly the U.S. Senate. Ohio is trending red, becoming more white and losing population or growing slowly...

5 States and 215 Counties Switched from Obama to Trump

The 2016 election was decided by five counties in two states, Florida and Michigan, Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio says. Trump under-performed in Texas, Arizona, and Georgia, but it made no difference. If Trump lost Macomb County in Michigan, a traditionally Democratic suburb of Detroit which famously went for Reagan, and these four counties in Florida --...

Political Profiles of the States, Swing States and Tracking Polls

Ballotpedia has published political profiles of each state, courtesy of the Almanac of American Politics 2016. Reading these profiles are essential to fully understanding American politics. The largest states lean heavily toward the Democrats: New York, Illinois (Chicago), the Northeast and the West Coast states (California, Washington, Oregon) are generally considered Democratic, in contrast to...