At a last-minute campaign stop in Ohio, President Biden said he had made the somewhat unexpected election eve trip last year at the urging of Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. “When Sherrod tells me to come to Ohio the day before, I come to Ohio,” Mr. Biden said. “That’s what I do.” A day later, former President Donald Trump notched a decisive 8-point win over Mr. Biden in the Buckeye State — the same victory margin for Mr. Trump there in 2016 after former President Barack Obama had won the longtime swing state in 2008 and 2012. As Mr. Biden heads back to Cleveland on Thursday to talk about the economy, he and his party are grappling with demographic and cultural shifts in the Midwest that are making it increasingly difficult for Democrats to compete in states such as Ohio and Iowa, which were battlegrounds just a few cycles ago. Bob…
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