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Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox
Biden was the first presidential Democrat to win Tarrant County, Texas (Fort Worth) since LBJ in 1964.
Meanwhile Trump this year was the first Republican to win Mahoning County, Ohio (Youngstown) since Nixon in 1972, and the first Republican majority since Eisenhower in 1956.
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Mahoning County is interesting. The margin for President was thin - 50.38 Trump, 48.44 Biden - but the Mahoning Valley congressional race was not. Tim Ryan, the Dem incumbent, won handedly against his Trump backed challenger, 52.48 to 44.98. Also, in 2018 the Ohio Dem Senator, Sherrod Brown, won a solid victory, 53.4 to 46.6. This included all of the Mahoning Valley counties.
For these reasons, I don't think the Democrats are dead in the Valley. Like alot of areas in the Midwest/NE that flipped, I think it's more a vote for Trump the man than anything else.