Trump supporters feel he is the only solution to US ills

Safety and security is of utmost importance to us, Trump's supporter

Julie Levan, 64, a grand mother of five and great grand mother of six, now living on social security, is angry and agitated.

With no increase in her social security for the past two years, she wants a government in Washington DC which would improve the country's economy good enough for her to move from the mobile home she and her family is living to a permanent house.

Before retiring to this small town some 23 kilometers north of Columbus, the 15th largest city of the United States, Levan worked as a hygienist with two Indian-American doctors for 12 years in Chicago - the home town of the outgoing US President Barack Obama.

 

"Donald Trump has to win," Levan told PTI, as she rued that the mobile home residential areas she lives in has been experiencing spates of break-ins, which she alleged is being done by illegal immigrants.

"We have to build the wall (across the Mexico border)," she said referring to one of the controversial proposals of the Republican presidential nominee.

"Building the wall is the best thing," she said.

"It is refreshing to see this man (Trump). Only he can bring the country out of this mess," Levan said as her voices were echoed by Maria Amato, a banking executive, and Carla LoPresti, who lives around Cleveland, another city in this battleground State of Ohio.

"Safety and security is of utmost importance to us. We used to be a safe country," LoPresti said after attending a Trump rally in Cleveland.

Amato listed out Trump's strong policy against terrorism and his immigration policy as the reason for supporting the Republican presidential nominee.

Both LoPresti and Amato refused to believe the allegations of sexual harassment that Trump has been facing now from as many as 11 women as a result of which his poll numbers have plummeted.

"I am very saddened by the way in which the mainstream media is spreading lies and helping Clinton in this election," Amato said.

"We do not believe in the media now," jumped in LoPresti.

Unemployed Sherman Hornbeck, who is now searching for job, had a similar feeling about the media.

"Donald Trump will win. Media bias here is obvious. I was listening to the debate. I did not like the way the media misconstrued his statements during the debate," Hornbeck in late 50s said.

For him refugees and border issue is top on the agenda.

A strong supporter of second amendment, John Hickman, is a

truck driver, and strongly believes that it is time for the United States to elect a President like Trump.

"He made a lot of big buildings. He made billions of dollars," said Hickman who lives in Central Ohio.

Acknowledging that Trump is trailing behind in national polls, an angry Hickman blamed the media for spreading the negative image about the Republican presidential nominee.

"Look at the media here. They report only negative stuff about Trump. And it is all positive image about Clinton. But people here do not believe that Clinton is going to win," he said.

Ohio is a key battle ground State.

The State is ruled by a Republican Governor John Kasich, a former Republican presidential nominee, who has refused to endorse Trump.

According to  latest poll, Trump and Clinton are in a dead heat in this State.

For Trump to be elected as the president, winning Ohio is a must.

Both Trump and his vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence have been campaigning intensively in Ohio.