Whoever wins Ohio wins the presidency, and whoever wins Stark County wins Ohio, experts say. With just one exception, the 375,000 people living there have voted for the winner at every presidential election in recent history.
Stark County is a largely rural county and agriculture is still the number one industry. If the yard signs are any indication, US President Barack Obama is in trouble: if he has supporters there, they are not publicly advertising the fact.
But the polls reveal that with just five days to go, Republican candidate Mitt Romney's much needed breakthrough in Ohio is failing to materialise.
SBS Senior Correspondent Brian Thomson reports.
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