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Rust Belt
Posted inPolitics
It’s the Respect (and Good Policies), Stupid
Growing gaps in economic opportunity between successful urban regions and less successful industrial and rural hinterlands is a well-known problem. Such inequality fuels the fires of the polarizing populism and anti-democratic politics in the U.S. and Europe. The underlying cause of heartland voters’ alienation, unease, and resentment, as we’ve demonstrated elsewhere, is the real and perceived loss […]
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Why Trump Has a Serious Chance of Winning. Really.
Here’s the evidence that Joe Biden isn’t doing that much better than Hillary Clinton.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Democrats Can Win in Both the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt
Here’s why all of the hand-wringing about the latest NYT-Siena poll is misguided.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump’s Answer to Losing the Rust Belt: Minnesota
If he loses Wisconsin, he doesn’t have a prayer of winning the Gopher State.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Is Joe Biden Winning Back Obama/Trump Voters or Not?
Some reporting says Biden is beating Trump in the Rust Belt, while other reporting says Trump is holding onto his base.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt Is a False Choice for Democrats
They need to think outside the box as the parties continue to realign.
Posted inBooks, Featured
Why the Midwest Can’t Catch a Break
Beyond de-industrialization and consolidation, GOP politicians have dismantled the public infrastructure of the heartland.
Posted inFeatured, Republic 3.0
Trumpism and the New Economy
What Washington needs to understand about the larger forces at work.
