Ohio

Place

#18 trending in Politics & World this week · most on Morning Wire

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the north, and by Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan. Its capital and largest city is Columbus; Ohio is the seventh-most populous U.S. state and has a diverse economy shaped by industry, agriculture, and services.

Rank this week

#18▲144
#822 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

3.2‰
1.8× usual level

2.9‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

16 shows
25 episodes · ~4.6M plays

Tone this week

Neutral
  • Negative 1
  • Neutral 18

Share of the conversation

Mentions of Ohio per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, politics & world.

0.0‰2‰4‰6‰usual level · 1.8‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Sep 32.30‰7
Sep 42.20‰1
Sep 62.22‰2
Sep 72.13‰2
Sep 82.13‰3
Sep 92.09‰4
Sep 101.78‰4
Sep 111.88‰2
Sep 131.76‰1
Sep 141.59‰2
Sep 151.46‰2
Sep 161.34‰3
Sep 171.21‰3
Sep 181.25‰2
Sep 201.21‰1
Sep 211.45‰5
Sep 221.70‰5
Sep 231.84‰4
Sep 241.65‰1
Sep 252.10‰8
Sep 272.20‰2
Sep 282.19‰4
Sep 292.03‰3
Sep 301.72‰1
Oct 12.03‰4
Oct 21.81‰5
Oct 32.17‰4
Oct 52.21‰7
Oct 62.96‰12
Oct 73.06‰1

Why is it trending?· Last 7 days

Ohio Senate race becomes a test of Democratic gains in red America

Several shows discuss polling that puts Democrat Sherrod Brown 3 points ahead of Republican Jon Husted in Ohio’s Senate race.[1][2][3]

On The Daily, Nate Cohn says Democrats have a candidate-quality advantage in Ohio, while The NPR Politics Podcast describes the state as a toss-up.[2][4]

The Headlines says Ohio is among 5 red states where Democrats are highly competitive, and The Journal begins its midterm series in Ohio.[5][6]

On Breaking Points, Logan Phillips argues Ohio is no longer the same state it was in 2008, while Katty Kay says polling in Ohio and other red states may overstate Democratic strength.[7][8]

Other shows mention Ohio in separate contexts, including a Supreme Court religious-liberty case, a rally involving Vivek Ramaswamy, and a call to vote in the state.[9][10][11]

Sources · 11 moments

  1. 1.
    Pod Save America · Trump Plans to Shove What Where?
    Jon Favreau · Oct 6 · Listen at 4:41 ↗
    “the latest batch of New York Times/Siena polls show Trump's approval rating at 40% and his disapproval at 56% in 5 red states that he won by 11 to 16 points in 2024: Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas. Uh, 1 in 5 Trump voters in those st”
  2. 2.
    The Daily · Midterm Surprise: Democrats Are Surging in Red America
    Nate Cohn · Oct 5 · Listen at 9:21 ↗
    “It's clearly the story in all 3 of the states where the Democrats have a comfortable lead. That's Texas, where James Talarico is up 6 points. Over Republican Ken Paxton. Alaska, where Democrat Mary Peltola is up 7 points over Republican Dan”
  3. 3.
    Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · 10/6/26: WH Meeting On Russian Plague, Iran Lights Up Hormuz, GOP Panic Over Kansas
    Emily Jashinsky · Oct 6 · Listen at 1:05:30 ↗
    “Texas, Talarico at +5, Ohio Brown +3, Michigan Elsiah at +5, Kansas tied, Iowa Hinson +1, Maine Collins +3. To me, the only shocking ones in there is Collins +3 and Peltola +7. Everything else seems kind of within, you know, what we had lea”
  4. 4.
    The NPR Politics Podcast · From the pulpit to the political arena
    Domenico Montanaro · Oct 2 · Listen at 3:40 ↗
    “is like the The top one, I think, that Democrats and most Republicans feel like is headed in Democrats' direction. It's now lean Democrat according to the Cook Political Report. Then you have states that are in this other category, like Mai”

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