Ohio

According to the Washington Post my native state of Ohio is the most important state in the country. To me, Ohio is nothing special. Here you have Lake Erie, the Rock'n Roll Hall Of Fame, Amish people, etc. I believe that even though we have all of those things to offer, we as people are incredibly average.
So why is it so important? We're so diverse with our economy and people that it's a pretty tough swing state. In fact, Ohio matters more than any of the other swing states. Ohio has been on the winning side of every presidential election since 1964. Without us, Bush wouldn't have won either terms and Romney's change of winning is pretty implausible.
Nate Silver even tweeted, “Ohio, just by itself, now has a 40 percent chance of determining the Electoral College winner. About as important as the next 4 states combined.”
I guess my silly little state is more special than I thought.