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>MORAINE, Ohio — John Kasich’s presidential hopes rest on Ohio, and his chances to win here in Tuesday’s Republican primary rest on an economic pitch that is the opposite of what Ohioans are used to hearing.
>residential candidates usually promise to revive Ohio’s once-powerhouse economy. Kasich, the state’s governor since 2011, is taking credit for an economic boom here and promising to make Ohio’s economy the model for the nation. He is bragging about the state’s factories, its job growth, even its wages, betting that voters’ rosy view of his economic record will deliver him a win over Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and the forces of “Make America Great Again.”
>“Ohio has come back,” Kasich told 1,000 supporters here Friday evening. A moment later, he added: “What I want to do is take the formula that works in Ohio and take it to Washington.”
>A recent Fox News poll of the state shows nearly 8 in 10 Republicans approve of Kasich’s performance as governor. He led Trump in that poll by five percentage points. Other recent polls have shown Trump, who also campaigned in the state Saturday, with a slight lead.
>Kasich has said he will drop out of the race if he can’t win here Tuesday. He remains a long shot for the nomination even if he wins, sitting, as he does, so far behind Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) in delegates won.
>But Kasich is convinced that a victory Tuesday will invigorate his candidacy and launch him to victories in other states, including neighboring Pennsylvania, which votes next month.
>“I’m going to win Ohio,” he told reporters Saturday morning before addressing a pancake breakfast in the Cincinnati suburbs. “And don’t be surprised if I go to the convention with the largest number of delegates.”