Ohio’s Working Class Prepares for Midterms

A corn crop near Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, Ohio, photographed on October 8. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Ohio’s working class readies a message for the upcoming midterm elections.

BOARDMAN, Ohio — The phone constantly buzzed at the Mahoning County Republican Party headquarters. Henry Nickel, present at the reception desk, answered one call after another. He responded patiently to each inquiry:

• “We have plenty of signs.”
• “We’ll be open till 9 o’clock tonight.”
• “Signs are free.”
• “Put them up in your yard.”
• “Okay. God bless.”