So the spending spree by the GOP congress prior to 2006 (when deficits were $300 billion) is going to hurt more than spending sprees by Dem Congress 2006-2010 that resulted in $1 trillion deficits? That makes no sense.
Ohio went all Dem in 2006-2008 but had a major correction in 2010 - Governor, U.S. Senate, House, local state house...?
Yes but they made inroads into the "local" offices. County Commissioners and City Councils and Judges and such. My County is almost 75% Republican or was. On our City Council 5 councilmen are Democrats now. That was not even possible before. Before the Democrats were lucky to get one guy in. And its in other small towns and cities as well.
See once that change happens locally and the town doesn't explode because of it then inertia takes over. Then those folks work to get people to change party affiliation and it slowly changes to a blue state. Southern Ohio is ignored by both Repubs and Democrats. So when the Taft scandal happened and the spending spree in the second Bush term what reason did local people have to continue to vote Republican? Many of them are on Welfare or some assistance because of our high unemployment rate in the area. So they are going to choose another option.
I don't like it but it happened and its something that won't go away by whistling past the graveyard.