Read post 17 again in its entirety, and tell me why you won’t take my bet.
Trump could win Ohio but it won’t be because of Portman. Portman is actually pretty faceless. I think a polling outfit found Portman near or at the bottom of their list with regards to name recognition a few years ago, and even as of May 40% of voters had never heard of him.
Sounds like Ohio’s voters are being kind of dumb.
Put down that broad brush. Bill Clinton had a plurality here both times, and Obama carried it both times. We also have one of the most liberal U.S. senators around.
The Washington Post on why Portman is winning: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/10/06/daily-202-how-rob-portman-pulled-away-in-ohio/57f598f2e9b69b0592430201/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_1_na
That’s a great article, thanks.
Meanwhile, here in Missouri Trump is up by ten while the GOP candidate for governor, a former Navy SEAL, is down by 16. I find that one much harder to comprehend than the Portman deal (not that I’m complaining, since Hillary doesn’t need Missouri and we Missourians need a Democratic governor to be a check on the heavily Republican legislature). But who are these people, this huge group of voters, who plan to split their ticket in the opposite way as is usually seen: voting Trump at the top but Democratic below?