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Rust Belt

  1. schools
    The Rutters of Athens CountyAn Appalachian school district’s daring experiment in economic integration.
    By Dan Xin Huang
  2. vision 2020
    Is the Rust Belt or the Sun Belt the Key Battleground Region in 2020?Less than two months from Election Day, the pivotal region for the campaigns to focus on is the same one that won it all for Trump in 2016.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. reapportionment
    Final Pre-Census Estimates Show Which States Will Gain Power After 2020The long trend toward Sunbelt gains and Rust Belt losses continues with a few exceptions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. vision 2020
    Could Pete Buttigieg Actually Become President?Mayor Pete’s minority voter problem is still a big obstacle to his “nominatability.” But as the nominee he could be the un-Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. vision 2020
    Will the Mountain West Become Pivotal in Future Elections?Yes, the Mountain West is growing rapidly, but it’s still going to need a lot more people and electoral votes to become the center of attention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. vision 2020
    Democrats Aim at Midwest With Choice of Milwaukee for 2020 ConventionDemocrats hope to tilt Wisconsin, and perhaps the entire region, but parties don’t always get a bump in the state where they hold their convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. vision 2020
    Heartland Progressive Sherrod Brown Won’t Run for President in 2020He was invisible in the polls, but Brown was widely thought to have potential as a progressive who appealed to white working-class voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. vision 2020
    Democrats Don’t Have to Choose a Path to Victory Until the Fall of 2020The idea that Democrats must decide right now which states to prioritize in 2020 misses the lesson of 2016 that tactical flexibility is essential.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. 2018 midterms
    Heartland Heartburn Grows for Republicans in Gubernatorial RacesThe very region that did so much to make Trump president is moving away from his party in the midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Clinton’s Failure With the Working Class Had Little to Do With Trump VotersClinton didn’t lose the Rust Belt because white working-class Democrats voted for Trump. She lost it because they stayed at home.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Reminder: Clinton Did Virtually Nothing to Court White Voters in the Rust BeltThere’s plenty of space between ignoring the Rust Belt completely and selling out black voters to appeal to the white working class.
    By Eric Levitz