US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Runner Up: ‘What does 2018 mean for John Golomb in America?’
Christopher Dann discusses the compelling case of John Golomb, a sixty-seven year old ex-steel worker from the steel town of Monessen, Pennsylvania. As a representative case of many working-class, disenfranchised voters in the Rust Belt, he highlights how Trump’s current policies on protectionism, healthcare and tax cuts have affected ‘Golombish’ voters – life-long working-class Democrats turned one-off Republicans. […]