\ The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party has launched an ambitious pilot program targeting four Cleveland wards to boost voter turnout, but hosts of the Today in Ohio podcast call it fundamentally misguided and potentially “a waste of time and money.”

The outreach campaign, spearheaded by county Democratic chair David Brock, will target 15,000 homes across four Cleveland wards with flyers listing reasons to be politically engaged, mail-in ballot request forms, and follow-up phone calls to inconsistent voters.

But according to Chris Quinn on the podcast, these tactical efforts miss the fundamental problem: a profound lack of hope among urban voters that hasn’t been addressed since Barack Obama inspired record turnout.

“The last time the cities in Ohio voted in large numbers was when Ba

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