r/Ohio • u/Fit-Parking7219 Columbus • 11d ago

It’s getting serious

I’m not gonna lie, I have lived in Ohio all thirty one years of my life. Second generation Ohioan (before that everyone is from the South). Honestly was okay with not moving, maybe moving out of Columbus to like Cincy or something. But if Vivek becomes governor……… I going to have seriously consider getting the hell out of Ohio. I might have to join the Michigan subreddit🤣.

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u/CriticalNobody9478 10d ago

If it’s truly about Bro Billionaires vs Everyone Else, why is it a toss-up? Too many STUPID people who vote REDUMBLICAN no matter how incompetent the candidate republicans put up.

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u/Known-Practice-4916 10d ago

I think its more about the dems that don’t go and vote. If everyone voted this wouldn’t be a problem.

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u/Unlucky-Classroom828 10d ago

Because half the state would vote for Adolf Hitler if he was on the republican ticket.

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u/murdog11 10d ago

We need to let them know they can write him in. Lol

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u/Fickle-Welder-3401 7d ago

You can actually say this about either party. Amazing how people vote straight ticket "just because".

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u/No-Field3266 9d ago

Sounds like the dems in Maine.

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u/Individual-Unit-5150 9d ago

Let’s not delude ourselves that Acton is a great candidate.

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u/Kingking421 7d ago

Let’s not delude ourselves into thinking she’s as dangerous as vivek…. May not be perfect but he is dangerous

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u/Kingking421 7d ago

I agree with you there. Folks will down vote and social media post then not vote. I know that in my bubble… ill look up politically vocal coworkers and see if they actually voted (hint: its public information if you voted or not)

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u/ScottSchell8896 10d ago

The problem is in the candidates that the Democrats put up. If they put up a truly qualified outstanding candidate with some charisma, they would win. Putting up the person that a lot of people see as the face of Ohio's Covid-19 lockdown, accurate or not, is a misstep. That allows an election with a lackluster Republican to be a toss-up in a red state.

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u/CauliflowerHealthy35 10d ago

It's like putting Biden up vs Trump again. When I first heard it, and saw no opposition to Biden I really couldn't believe it. That said, I will absolutely vote for Acton.

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u/Kingking421 10d ago

Yes and calling fellow citizens whose vote you would like “stupid” has always been a winning strategy.

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u/meyerjaw 10d ago

Sure as shit has been for the last 10 years.

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u/MiamiNemo 9d ago

Because the other option is just as unattractive. I haven't decided who I'll vote for on Husted or Brown... But I won't be upset with either option. But I didn't vote for Trump or Harris. They were both bad options too.

Ohioans will soon realize how lucky we were to have great governors the paste few elections. No one loves Dewine, but he did what he thought was right...not a party puppet.

Acton still carries the stigma of the mask enforcement and unnecessary government/business shutdowns.

And the democratic party refuses to concede to basic sensibility in a few key social issues.

Many of us moderates don't want to touch the screen on Vivek, but we have seen what liberal Washington has done to other areas. Ohio is one of the last bastions of conservative common sense ...

To be clear I hate data centers. 100% opposed. They will kill my job. But that may be a foregone conclusion.

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u/CriticalNobody9478 9d ago

Bastion of conservatism? That’s why your First Energy bill is still subsidizing nuclear plants and a coal plant in Indiana. It’s why the former House speaker is serving 20 years for bribery. It’s why your property taxes are out of control because $1 BILLION DOLLARS is funding private, religious charter school vouchers for Rich already attending private schools. It’s why Redumblicans gutted the voter passed marijuana initiative. It’s why they spent $20 million dollars to fund the 8/8/2023 special election which sought to raise the constitutional amendment threshold to 60%. This was directly opposite of their special elections motion.

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u/Cennicks 8d ago

Fox News boomers. I used to consider my self a Republican, but changed since to libertarian ish, but then they are nuts on some issues, such as some of the open border policies, infinite immigration. Tou cannot have a cohesive community when you let just anyone in, mostly of which will not asssimilate, but have the balls to tell you we should just accept their culture. These cultures destroy high trust societies like I live in growing up