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    Ahead of the 2020 election, rural voters do not view any of the Democratic candidates favorably

Ahead of the 2020 election, rural voters do not view any of the Democratic candidates favorably

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In the 2016 election, rural voters broke for Donald Trump, while voters in cities voted for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As the 2020 election approaches, will Democrats be able to make inroads with rural voters? Using survey data on rural resentment, Jack Thompson finds that most rural voters have a negative view of candidates running in the […]

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    As in 2016, the only way for Donald Trump to retain the White House in 2020 is through the Rust Belt

As in 2016, the only way for Donald Trump to retain the White House in 2020 is through the Rust Belt

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In 2016 Donald Trump surprised much of the political world by winning the Electoral College – and the White House. Jack Thompson reminds us that Trump’s strategy was to tear down the Democrats’ ‘Blue Wall’ of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan by appealing to working class whites in those Rust Belt states. Looking to 2020, he writes, Trump will be […]

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