A Cincinnati Political Map
Of the 45230
I bet you’re as sick of political maps as I am! As I was texting with my best childhood friend from Cleveland growing up, we were talking about the yard signs and conscious displays (and obnoxious ones) of one’s politics.
My sense is that there is an upsurge of it for Harris, as liberals are sick of the MAGA triumphalism and co-opting of patriotism. But, among the Trumpies, it seems more muted than years past. My theory on that is that the novelty of being a Trump supporter has largely worn off. It’s not “edgy.” Sadly, it’s normal.
It shouldn’t be normal, but one party chose to normalize it. (Which is why I support Walz’s “weird” branding. It is not truly normal to support that guy.)
Mt. Washington, as I’ve written before, reminds me a lot of Cleveland Heights. There’s sort of puritanical aversion, with exceptions, to obscene political displays. Shaker Heights was even more, er, reserved.
Say what you will about HOAs: my old one had a total prohibition on any and all yard signs.
But as my friend and I were talking about public displays, I was describing to him the Mt. W / Cleveland Hts. similarity and wanted to look at some data about the 45230, from this interactive map from The Washington Post.
Of course, donations aren’t votes! Biden won my precinct by 23 points in 2020.
It got considerably bluer since 2016:
Go vote!
Mt Washington is much closer to Republican territory than my neighborhood, which had Biden at +58 in 2020. As for yard signs, I've noted a couple of interesting things:
- Signs for Sonza (Republican, running against Greg Landsman for a US House seat) and/or Moreno (Republican, running against Brown for US Senate -- but no Trump signs
- Signs for Republican politicians AND a Yes on Issue 1, the Citizens Not Politicians Act which will create an independent redistricting process. Official Ohio Republic-dom is doing everything in their power (including creating misleading ballot language) to head this off at the pass. I'm hoping they get caught flat-footed again.
I see a handful of Trump signs in my neighborhood. I know several personally and am not surprised; they've put them up before. One neighbor who's never put up a sign erected a Trump sign 2 weeks ago. I admit -- that surprised me. Generally, all of these people retirement age.
Will be interesting to see how Hamilton County goes. We've been slowly turning blue for years, and it's accelerated the last 2-3 election cycles. I'm interested in seeing which way the judgeships go -- and hopeful for the prospects of the Democrat running for prosecutor.
Voted second day of early voting here in Texas. It's not just "liberals" who are sick of Trump and Maga. It's decent people who love our country and are tired of the lies and insanity.