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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]
kentuck
(111,052 posts)6. There is a wide swath of Trump supporters in Ohio and going South....
...thru the coal fields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky and scattered down thru Tennessee and Northern Georgia.
They believe very strongly in the "deep state". They tend to put jobs over integrity, honor, and character. They don't care about his taxes. They don't care where he got his money or where he is going to get it in the future.
They believe William Barr but they do not believe the NY Times or the Washington Post. They believe Trump is tough and is standing up for them. They think he is a great businessman.
They believe that there is a "whiff of justice" in the air and soon some of their criminal political opponents will be going to jail.
They think America is on the right track.
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There's No Boom in Youngstown, but Blue-Collar Workers Are Sticking With Trump [View all]
brooklynite
May 2019
OP
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