Listening to Ohio

Ohio Democrats Take Action

I recently had the pleasure of talking to David Pepper, Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party.  Here are the major takeaways from our conversation:

• Ohio has not felt the benefits of the recovery from the Great Recession that most of the nation has enjoyed.
• Democrats can get themselves into a bubble - they did in 2016, believing that Trump's liabilities would hurt him more than it did.
• Every time Trump talked trade, Democrats knew that they were losing voters to him.
• The Ohio Democratic Party is making a serious, sustained effort to listen to voters across all 88   Ohio counties.

I have been hoping that Democrats would undertake serious, brutally honest listening tours among all voters.  The Democrats in Ohio are doing that.  These are taking place through KITCHEN TABLE CONVERSATION throughout the state.  The goal is not only to listen, but to develop messages that resonate  throughout the entire state, not just the blue sections.