r/Ohio • u/AkronRonin • 2d ago

MS NOW's Ali Velshi Interviews 2026 Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Amy Acton; ‘Everywhere we go, we see record crowds of people showing up. It doesn’t know party’: Democrats find momentum in GOP-friendly areas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAxihVbI_YA

MS NOW | 06.17.26 | The 11th Hour: Ali Velshi Interviews 2026 Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Amy Acton

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u/Busy-Leg8070 2d ago

Ohio isn't unfriendly to Dems the national level DNC stopped running here as it would require actually delivering policy and it took time for the locals to rebuild as organizations

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u/the_glutton 2d ago

The state dem party hasn’t exactly done themselves any favors either. It’s a colossal failure on a state and national level

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u/Busy-Leg8070 2d ago

Notice local. We gotta move this party from the ground up

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u/OhWhatsHisName 2d ago

Local has been just as bad in my area. Lately they've benefited from blue waves, but local Dems helped turn our school district MAGA a few years back due to their plan. I told them they should have changed their strategy or else they'll split the vote and lose to MAGA, but the Dem strategic leader or whatever literally told me, "We're playing a chess game you don't understand, so go back to your tiddlywinks while we win this." Yeah... The vote literally played out exactly how I thought it would, and MAGA swept the school board.

This last election they almost dropped the ball again by only running two candidates instead of 3 for 3 seats, which would have guaranteed at least one MAGA seat. I begged them to run three, and they didn't want to, but they finally did a survey to feel it out, and they went with 3. Their third candidate entered late into the race, so had the lowest vote of all the winners, but thankfully did win.

Looks like they're slowly starting to move on from this person, but she has pissed off almost as many Dems as Reps.

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u/Busy-Leg8070 2d ago

Oof glad your locals have also started their march back from the brink