WASHINGTON — Something funny happened in the March 4 primary election in Mercer, Greene, Butler and dozens of other traditionally red counties: They turned blue.
In 66 of Ohio's 88 counties, voters cast more Democratic ballots than Republican ballots. That's a far cry from 2004, when George W. Bush won 73 counties.
It could be that all the drama Tuesday was on the Democratic side and everyone wanted to get in on the act. But some Democrats fear Republicans were crossing party lines to choose Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama, thinking Clinton would have a harder time beating John McCain.
But Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, isn't so quick to dismiss the theory of shifting political sands. He argues that a Democratic sea change began in 2006, when both he and Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland were elected. "People want change and John McCain is going to lose," he said. "This mountain is too high for him to climb."
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