U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is opening up five new offices in the state today, adding to the 40 existing offices in their effort to, as the campaign says, "reach voters in every corner of Ohio".
But are they focusing on just the traditional Democratic strongholds like U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Ma.) did or are they following the "'Strickland-Brown' strategy of focusing on all parts of Ohio, specifically suburban cities and counties as well as the rural areas"?
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is opening up five new offices in the state today, adding to the 40 existing offices in their effort to, as the campaign says, "reach voters in every corner of Ohio".
But are they focusing on just the traditional Democratic strongholds like U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Ma.) did or are they following the "'Strickland-Brown' strategy of focusing on all parts of Ohio, specifically suburban cities and counties as well as the rural areas"?
The five new offices are in Columbus, Defiance, Mt. Vernon, Youngstown and Zanesville.
Columbus and Youngstown both went heavily for Kerry in 2004, and nobody could fault either campaign for focusing on dense, larger population areas. Zanesville also went for Kerry, but by only a few percentage points. On the other hand, President Bush carried about 57 percent of the vote in Defiance and 59 percent in Mt. Vernon in 2004.
