Economics
Ohio Proves Tip of Spear for Obama’s Victory Over Romney
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President Barack Obama rode the federal auto bailout and an improving state economy to win Ohio, a state both sides fought to win for its potential to decide the U.S. presidential race.
Obama, Republican challenger Mitt Romney and their running mates made dozens of campaign visits to Ohio this year, including stops by both Romney and Vice President Joe Biden in Cleveland on Election Day. It would take 77 days to watch the 221,595 ads aired in Ohio back to back from April 4 through Nov. 4, the most of any state, according to data from New York-based Kantar Media’s CMAG.