Hillary only won seven counties.

A few Obama counties flipped to Trump, including Lorain. Lorain NEVER votes Republican.

Unbelievable.

It's the white people - even if they make only slightly above minimum wage, that (in their eyes) makes them better than those that do.

However, it was only by a margin of 131 votes.

https://www.loraincounty.com/government/2016-general/

and un-surprisingly went for Hillary. However, most of the rest of the state is firmly part of dumbf*ckistan. I live here (Cleveland), and to say that it's aggravating...is an understatement.

along with cutbacks to early voting, and registration restrictions.

I am from California, and we had elected schwarzenegger, so things happen

Where you have zero early voting. States that have early voting are lucky. Most of the northeast states don't have it. I am especially surprised that they are blue states like Delaware. What's up with that?

And it made all the difference.

I used to spend all day frantically ferrying people without cars/with mobility issues to the polls.

Stretched out over the course of several days, it was a piece of cake.

I hope those states get the spirit--it really does increase turnout and reduce the stress.

Big Government, unless it suits their purposes.....

GOP - The party of big gov't... Can't let the local people run their own lives

somebody tell me how this is different than a Federal MW that the States keep bitching about being oppressive tyranny? Oh thats right, because its only NOT opressive tyranny when the GOP gets to do it, no matter the governmental level.

Except when they don't

For those scoring at home, this veto is not by some latte-sipping-liberal-elites.

Cheers!

So now lawmakers can write bills that preemptively prevent bills that activate in the future?

I think we should retroactively repeal the Electoral College, and do it in the era when Democrats control the Senate and the House so it won't be blocked.

It seems kind of hypocritical for them to come riding in on Big State Government and stop a city from enacting its own laws to govern its own area. Doesn't that seem hypocritical?

Its right at the OP. A group in the city wanted to.

So, local control is only good in Republican eyes when they control the locals.

They did not want the people to vote either.

I'll reserve blame for the actual actors.

Another post hoc ergo prompter hoc fallacy.

Bless your heart... I'd pretend local Democrats didn't want people to vote as well if it suited my bias; but goodness, if you're indeed going to advance that unsupported narrative, do try it a little more rationally.

except when it comes to vaginas and what people do in their bedroom.

You know they'll say that they need they to bring jobs back and spur the economy along with a massive tax cut to the 1%

and congress only does what their masters tell them to do. Of course, the bastards in congress get automatic pay raises. Oh, I know, they aren't all bought and paid for bastards- 90% give the rest a bad name.

Trump's a man of the people... that's what some people say...

I don't understand how they ever got the idea that the GOP gave two shits about their economic well being. Well, I guess they'll start learning. It's just too bad that Democrats have to go down the tubes with them through no fault of their own.

He's as wingnutty as they come, but hides it well.

I unfortunately think he has a good, if not great chance of winning.

Best and Brightest will seek out the well-paying jobs and leave GOP-owner companies with the worst, causing them to raise wages to attract workers and talent.

with a rule that states and cities can not choose to mandate higher or any minimum wage.

Hope I'm wrong but that is what I see coming.

Except when we're not. Always look at what benefits the wealthy wingnuts to see how government should work.

We also want to avoid too much regulation (especially when it comes to freedom to carry guns into places like day care centers) except when it involves a woman's lady bits (then we regulate and regulate and regulate).