Ohio Energy Costs Jump 50%, but Data Center Anger Fails to Shift Votes
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Oct 23
Ohio Energy Costs Jump 50%, but Data Center Anger Fails to Shift Votes
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 23
Summary
More than two dozen Ohio voters told the New York Times that rising power and fuel bills and opposition to new data centers are not changing how they will vote for senator or governor.
Electricity costs are about 50% higher than six years ago, gas fill-ups have risen even more, and computer warehouses are replacing some farmland—giving Democrats an opening they have struggled to turn into electoral movement.
Voters interviewed described data centers as threats to their communities, yet many still expect fuel prices to ease, identify strongly with the Republican Party, or do not plan to vote at all.
That disconnect underscores how party loyalty, voting inertia and dissatisfaction with President Trump’s economic handling can coexist without producing many cross-party defections in a Republican-leaning state.