Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope of retaking the Rust Belt battleground states that handed the presidency to Donald Trump in 2016.Yet success in the midterms might not mean as much for Democratic presidential candidates as the party might think. Nearly two-thirds
Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope of retaking the Rust Belt battleground states that handed the presidency to Donald Trump in 2016.
Many of the voters who said they voted Democratic but now intended to vote for Trump offered explanations that reflect long-standing theories about why the party out of power tends to excel in midterms. Story continuesMichael Townsend, 38, a high school-educated construction worker in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was a lifelong Democrat — until he voted for Trump.
The district’s continued Democratic tilt down-ballot, even after it flipped at the presidential level, bears out the tendency of congressional races to lag geographic shifts in presidential elections, particularly if the district is controlled by the party out of power. “If you’re going to Washington, you need to do something,” he said. “If the only thing you’re going to do the whole time you’re there is try to get rid of the president, that’s a problem. I mean, Trump is not a great person, but you’ve got to get some work done.”
Scott Will, 51, an equipment operator in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, also voted for Clinton in 2016 and will vote for Trump next year. So will much of his family, union workers who had been “die-hard Democrats.” Will, who started college but left to get married before graduating, credits Trump’s trade deals and pledge to bring jobs back to the United States.
Headley, who did not finish high school, likes what the president has done for the economy: “The wheels are turning in the right motion for a lot of people who it wasn’t for the longest time.”
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