Is Hamilton County turning Blue?  Well, see for yourself.   It's unmistakable. 

The graph below shows the Hamilton County percentage split, Democrat and Republican in every Presidential election since 1916.  The last entry is the 2006 race for Governor.

A Democrat has carried Hamilton County only 3 times in nearly 100 years (and maybe even since 1860).  Roosevelt won twice, the first time only barely (he also lost twice) and 1964 when Lyndon Johnson swept the election in a landslide across the nation.   In fact, all three of those years were national landslide elections. 

But in recent years, that gap has steadily narrowed until 2006 when it became almost a 50/50 split.  The trend is clear.   So to anyone who says a Democrat can't win in Hamilton County, think again.   The numbers would say otherwise, the times they are a changin.  This year, working together we'll cross that line, and demolish for good the idea that Hamilton County is the Republican Party's ace in the hole.  And once we do, finding Democratic candidates and resources to support them will become a whole new story, one that will last for years.

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