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13213902, They've got a point
Posted by BigReg, Sun Nov-19-17 09:36 AM
While I love these rust belt towns getting put out there for their racism, we forget that college educated white males were the huge deciding factor...something which the media has shirked from because it's 'their people'. Despite what the hicks think blaming things on the poors has no color:


>And while Pittsburgh’s suburbs have recently showed signs of
>becoming more liberal, and rural areas may be getting more
>conservative, it’s still upsetting to Davis that only places
>like Johnstown are considered "Trump Country". She said that
>Johnstown's wealthier suburbs, like Pittsburgh’s, should get
>more media focus.
>
>“When you look at our wealthier suburbs, they overwhelmingly
>went for Trump,” says Davis. “And they are making
>Trump.”
>