The result from this vote tells me that Ohio isn’t red out of pure population ideology but because of unfair voting districts.
It’s more complicated than that. Gerrymandering doesn’t affect state-level votes like governor or president.
I think what this reveals more is that there are a non-trivial amount of voters who generally support Republicans but who will support abortion rights when asked specifically about them, even if they wouldn’t otherwise vote for a Democrat.
Ohio used to be widely known as a swing state, even with the fucked up gerrymandering. It’s been pretty solidly red since Trump was in office, but historically Ohio was pretty purple before that.
Gerrymandering doesn’t impact statewide races, only house races. They still went for Trump and elected a Republican senator. They also have a Republican governor.
Ok, but I said before Trump was in office, Ohio was historically pretty purple. In the 50 years before Trump, Ohio voted for the Democratic presidential candidate 5 times, and the Republican candidate 5 times. In the same time frame, the state has had 3 Democratic governors to 4 Republican. The state has largely been split between the two parties for a vast majority of it’s history.
