'The Path to
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
' Ohio
Runs Through
Paul Sracic, left, professor and chair, Politics and International Relations, and Bill Binning, chair emeritus, Political Science.
The path through
Editor’s Note: When it comes to political science on the YSU campus, no two individuals stand taller than Bill Binning and Paul Sracic. Now they’ve combined forces to author a new book about something they know a lot about – “Ohio Government and Politics.” YSU Magazine asked them to provide some context as Ohio, and the nation, move toward the general election in November.
by Paul Sracic and William Binning
August 2, 1923 marked the end of an era. On that date, President Warren G. Harding,
a native of Blooming Grove, Ohio, died in office. If you count William Henry Harrison, who was born in Virginia but later moved to Ohio, Harding was the last of eight presidents to come from the Buckeye State. As anyone who pays attention to American politics knows, however, the fact that Ohio is no longer supplying presidential timber has not diminished the state’s importance in presidential campaigns. (Continued on pg. 20)
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