Is Ohio the battleground state more Republican or Democrat?

The CONS have never won the White House without winning Ohio so it is far more important to them than to the DEMS. That said the state is trending DEM in recent years and that is expected to continue. I expect the CONS to make a big push for Ohio since they will absolutely need it in 2016 to even have a chance. Kasich signed the Medicaid expansion which will make him a target of the TP.

Northeast Ohio is pretty solidly Democratic, except for some pockets in the middle-class Cleveland/Akron suburbs. Columbus is usually Democratic, too. Dayton and Cincinnati, not so much. Both cities can go either way, depending on the quality of candidates or the issues. Right now the state's governance is Republican, and I would say that Republican John Kasich is very likely to be re-elected Governor. However, one of the two US Senators is a Democrat despite a well-financed Tea Party effort to get rid of him. So it's a hard call. I'd say the city of Cleveland is so Democratic you'll find whole precincts with not one Republican vote, but the rest of the state is balanced.

The very fact that it is a battleground means that it is not more one than the other. Like someone above has said, it has twice voted Republican for President and twice voted Democratic in the last four elections; it currently has one Democratic Senator and one Republican Senator. It elected a Democratic Governor in 2006 who lasted only one term, was defeated for re-election by a Republican in 2010, and this year, when it holds another election for Governor, the incumbent Republican is, so far, not looking very secure or very likely to lose. It will probably be a close race this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_gubernatorial_el...

One could easily say that Republicans get elected to more legislative seats, to the US House and to the state legislature, but it's important to consider the fact that there are very lop-sided margins for the Democrats in their districts and how noticeably narrower margins for the Republicans in their respective districts.

In the last 4 elections the state has gone twice for republican and twice for democrat so it's pretty much even

That depends on who you ask and where in the state you are. If you are in the farming areas, they will tell you it is Republican, if on the other hand you are in the big cities they will tell you it is Democrat.

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You are on to something now sir! But, look for the Republicans to try and change the electoral college before this becomes a reality

Rural is Republican and cities are Democratic.

it goes back and forth. Hence the swing state title it is given