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...junkies may snort in condescension about undecideds. But they should remember that some people have a real life, one not spent constantly refreshing the polling averages on RealClearPolitics.com. On Friday, the Los Angeles Times' Faye Fiore wrote movingly about one undecided voter, 63-year-old Regina Hansley of Philo, Ohio...
People know Ohio as the ultimate swing state, a place where Republicans and Democrats are evenly matched and an entire presidential election can hang by a few thousand votes. But look beneath the surface and you'll see this binary, blue-and-red world dissolve into an uncommonly complicated state that insiders divide into "The Five Ohios." Each of these five regions has its own distinct culture, its own brand of politics. Barack Obama and John McCain know this, and both candidates use different messages and tactics in each area to press their advantages and defend weak flanks...
...Obama is leading in Ohio by just three percentage points, within the margin of error, according to the University of Cincinnati's latest Ohio Poll. But only two issues predominate everywhere in Ohio: the economy, and the looming possibility of warfare over election mechanics...
...Across Ohio, people are nervous about the economy. The state has lost almost a quarter million jobs since 2000, its worst drop since the Great Depression. In some of the state's most politically divided areas, including Sandusky and Lima in northwest Ohio, a third of all manufacturing jobs disappeared in the last seven years. These economic concerns have helped Obama, who took the lead in polls only after the Wall Street bailout...
...whether their votes will count. One major issue is what to do about the provisional ballots that voters receive when their personal information does not appear correctly on election rolls. (If the information later checks out, their votes count; if not, the votes are discounted.) Until recently, each of Ohio's 88 counties counted provisional ballots differently. The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless won a lawsuit forcing Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to impose consistent rules statewide. But because the ruling came just two weeks ago, insiders worry that the disorder may not be cleared up in time...