▁support . ▁C inc inn ati , ▁the ▁only ▁major ▁city ▁that ▁didn ' t ▁vote ▁for ▁Franklin ▁D . ▁Ro ose vel t , ▁voted ▁Democratic ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁Columb us , ▁a ▁city ▁sh ifting ▁to ▁the ▁Democr ats , ▁also ▁voted ▁for ▁Ob ama ▁by ▁a ▁three - to - two ▁margin . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Ob ama ▁won ▁several ▁northern ▁count ies ▁along ▁the ▁shore ▁of ▁Lake ▁Er ie ▁that ▁John ▁Ker ry ▁had ▁lost ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁As ▁pol ls ▁closed ▁and ▁results ▁were ▁coming ▁in ▁on ▁E lection ▁Night , ▁Republican ▁strateg ist ▁and ▁advis er ▁Karl ▁R ove ▁joined ▁Brit ▁H ume ▁on ▁Fox ▁News ▁offering ▁analysis . ▁R ove ▁was ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁impact ▁an ▁Ohio ▁loss ▁would ▁have ▁on ▁McC ain ' s ▁ch ances ▁of ▁winning ▁the ▁election . ▁ ▁" If ▁he ▁los es ▁Ohio ," ▁R ove ▁stated ▁of ▁McC ain , ▁" he ▁goes ▁from ▁ 2 8 6 , ▁which ▁the ▁Republic ans ▁carried ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁down ▁to ▁ 2 6 6 , ▁and ▁that ▁puts ▁him ▁below ▁the ▁ 2 7 0 ▁threshold ▁needed ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁White ▁House . ▁So ▁he ' d ▁not ▁only ▁need ▁to ▁swe ep ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁these ▁states ▁which ▁were ▁won ▁by ▁the ▁Republic ans ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ' d ▁also ▁need ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁something ▁as ▁well