So goes Ohio - so Goes the nation. That phrase is well known because of many of the past Presidential Elections.  The Buckeye State has chosen the President since 1960. That includes President, John F. Kennedy through President Trump in 2016.

So with Joe Biden as President-Elect following the 2020 Election, is Ohio still a bellwether state? And if Not What could that mean for the Buckeye State?

Being a swing state or a bellwhether state has it's advantages. Candidates visit and visit often. Sometimes they make promises to those states, promises of economic development. Occasionally they even deliver on those promises.  They buy lots of ads, injecting money into local economies.

But with Trump easily carrying Ohio this time...are those days over for us?

"I would be surprised if either party is going to spend a lot of money here in 2024. There's just too many other competitive states," said Dr. Michael Coulter, political science professor at Grove City College.

Coulter says Ohio's voting demographic is becoming a little more republican due to the large rural areas of the state that tend to have more Caucasian voters. He says Ohio is also losing its once strong union vote.

"Unions today only represent about 13% of the labor workforce in Ohio. You only have to go back to 2000 when unions were 19% of the ohio workforce," added Coulter.

David Siders, a national correspondent from Politico.com, tells 21 News Democrats are having a hard time figuring out Ohio.

"Democrats still need to cure the problem they have with white non-college educated voters and Ohio has a well of white working-class. So I don't think the Democrats will turn away from places like Cleveland or Youngstown," said Siders.

But Siders says all is not lost for the Buckeye state.
He says there's a lot of electoral votes here and a lot of places to visit to get campaign contributions.
And if Pennsylvania continues to be a big state to campaign in, well, Ohio is an easy stop just next door.