Voters in Ohio went to the polls to decide whether to approve a measure known as Issue 1​ that would raise the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot. In the ultimate irony, the vote against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the special election was seeking to require in the first place.

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    The people of Ohio are generally very centrist to left leaning. We however have been so (illegally) gerrymandered that it certainly doesn’t appear that way. Rural Ohio is Conservative just like everywhere else in this country.

    When decisions are made democratically, as this was, we usually make the correct decision. That’s why the right tried to take this away from us.

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      1 year ago

      Trump won Ohio. Presidential elections are not gerrymandered at the state level.

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        Gerrymandering affects turnout, especially when done as blatantly and for as long as they have in Ohio.