Biden strong in Ohio so far

November 04, 2020 08:12

A supporter of Democratic US presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden attends in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Guardian reports --

Results in Ohio are offering a surprise so far. With 67 per cent of the vote counted statewide, Joe Biden is leading by 50% to 48.8%, outperforming Donald Trump in some crucial counties.

If that holds, it would be a big surprise. Trump won Ohio by eight points in 2016 -- a huge swing considering the state voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Key to that win was Trump winning nine traditionally Democratic counties by big numbers.

So far, Biden is outperforming Hillary Clinton in all nine of those counties.

A big caveat to all this, however, is that Ohio has reported early voting first. Republicans here are hoping that more Trump than Biden supporters voted in person today --and that those votes are yet to be counted and released.

In any case, if Trump struggles in Ohio, it would spell trouble for the president in the rest of the Midwest, where he won by a much smaller margin in 2016.

Image: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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