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In reply to the discussion: There's No Boom in Youngstown, but Blue-Collar Workers Are Sticking With Trump [View all]octoberlib
(14,971 posts)24. Trump's trade war w/China isn't doing anything for them. I suspect what they love most about Trump
is his scapegoating of Latinos, Blacks and other minorities .
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There's No Boom in Youngstown, but Blue-Collar Workers Are Sticking With Trump [View all]
brooklynite
May 2019
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They think he's going to make GM reopen the factory & produce cars no one wants....
Historic NY
May 2019
#2
For Ohio's 2018 election to be on the up and up about 250,000 people who voted for a liberal ....
Botany
May 2019
#18
The Gerrymandering doesn't effect state wide elections but it has allowed the State Legislature &
Botany
May 2019
#32
We have 40% of the country believing in crazy conspiracy theories but not a corrupt obstructing
UniteFightBack
May 2019
#13
There are 2, maybe 3, Dem. strongholds in Ohio: Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo.
Cousin Dupree
May 2019
#31
Youngstown is minority white and the county went for Clinton, but you'd never know it from this
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#7
I said county actually, but I'm not sure why focusing on people who say they'll vote for Trump is a
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#10
The white working class in Ohio has been trending downward for Democrats for several elections.
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#37
Thank you for that clarification including ALL the facts ...not just some
Thekaspervote
May 2019
#28
OK JUST WAIT until we start paying more...let's see if these blue collar dopes will still be all on
UniteFightBack
May 2019
#12
There are always going to be a certain number of people who think things are going to go back to the
llmart
May 2019
#19
This stuff would be more believable if Trump's trade war was bringing jobs back
Azathoth
May 2019
#20
Nailed it, dead center. I'd add "owning the libs" as their preferred domestic policy.
VOX
May 2019
#29
Trump's trade war w/China isn't doing anything for them. I suspect what they love most about Trump
octoberlib
May 2019
#24
Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter with Kansas?" diagnosed this insanity back in 2004.
VOX
May 2019
#38
Culture trumps policy. It trumps rational thought. This is why the Southern Strategy has been
themaguffin
May 2019
#39