Big City Tax Issues Helping Hilary Clinton

           Ohio’s six largest cities have important tax issues on the ballot this election that could potentially gain Hilary Clinton a slight boost in votes. The big tax issues such as the ones being discussed are often crucial in getting people to the polls and historically the Democrats have always done well in the big cities in Ohio. If a decent percentage of the population in the large cities were not going to vote, then the race could appear closer than it actually should have been.

            In 2012 Obama won the state of Ohio by just over 150,000 votes, this is significant because in the five largest cities in Ohio Obama had 75% of the vote in comparison to Mitt Romney’s 23%. Many of the voters in large cities are facing an increase in income taxes, along with large tax increases for schools. In 2004 another large issue that was similar to this but in a different way, was the issue of gay marriage, which drew a large turnout in George Bush supporters.

            When I read this article I would think that this could potentially help Hilary. Democrats have always appealed to low-income household and the East side of cities such as Cleveland has a large percentage of people on public assistance. There is a real chance that if the voters come out to vote to try to shut down the tax increase they will vote for Hilary. Another angle on this topic is that low-income people would support the tax increase so the wealthy have a larger portion taken from them. Who know if this will affect the presidential election but it is definitely something to keep an eye on.

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