I get why progressives like Pocan want to make strong left-populist economic arguments, & I admire them for it, but this simply isn’t true: there is v little evidence that the Rust Belt went for Trump because of his trade policies.
See ‘Identity Crisis’ by @johnmsides & others.https://twitter.com/SXMProgress/status/1123018610342080512 …
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Actually if you read the exit polls of those Rust Belt states—top issues were trade and immigration. I can also tell you having covered 2016 in these states—NAFTA was top issue
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did it lead to people voting for Trump or just staying home?
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Voting for Trump
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