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Ohio used to be mostly controlled by the heavy industrial cities up north, which were all D. Those days are long gone. Now, the money in Ohio is further south. As mentioned, the areas around Columbus and Cincinnati are where the growth is.
Politically, Cincinnati is really Kentucky. Mitch McConnell would win there, without a doubt. But, that should not be a surprise, since Cincinnati is only one bridge away from his state. The area North of it is heavily invested in defense, especially aerospace. And, those people are always dyed in the wool Right Wing.
Columbus is a little more diverse. It would be thought of as being a lot like a small city in the Northeastern US, like Hartford, but it's still has that flavor of West Virginia to it. Maybe the best city to compare Columbus, Ohio to is Indianapolis: socially conservative but progressive economically.
Maybe that is what is happening here in Ohio. We are becoming more like Indiana: a state still mad at its northern half for all those years the Union voters forced their hand to the left. :shrug:
That may be a fair conjecture.