Ohio is crucial to win US Presidential Election
Springfield (Ohio): Statistics show that Ohio, alike previous election seasons, has caught maximum eyeballs of both the contenders for presidential post, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
As per the reports, a whopping USD 18 crore has been exhausted so far during election campaign in Ohio alone.
The history of US presidential election shows that this Buckeye State has always produced the winners of White House with two exceptions in 1944 and 1960. In 1944, Ohio backed a losing candidate John W Bricker while in 1960 John F Kennedy won the election while losing Ohio.
Ohio, a state in the Midwestern United States, is the 34th most extensive, the 7th most populous, and the 10th most densely populated of the total 50 provinces of United States. With the 80 percent population of whites, Ohio has a significant representation of both rural and urban voters. But this electorally crucial state is known for the 12 percent African Americans and 3 percent Latin American population whose votes play decisive role in the race to White House.
Ohio is known to be slightly tilted towards the Republicans but 2012 elections seem to be in favour of Democrat Obama, who has registered an edge over Romney in the latest poll surveys.
