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The article suggests their civic engagement is low, so likely most of them didn't vote. Would love better data on this though.
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
The article suggests their civic engagement is low, so likely most of them didn't vote. Would love better data on this though.
- cmdrfred 10y agoThe ones that did vote likely voted for Trump in order to bring manufacturing jobs back. However misguided you may of believed this to be, the Democratic candidate said things like "We are going to put coal miners out of business"[0], if you were a coal miner that would scare you. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksIXqxpQNt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksIXqxpQNt0
- marchenko 10y agoThe focal males of the article didn't vote, but their worried family and friends did.
- ThrowawayR2 10y agoThe economic situation isn't bad enough to put pressure on them to do so. If a repeat of the dot-com bust or 2008 occurred and their lifestyle became endangered, you honestly think that this demographic wouldn't turn out to vote for some even worse demagogue who makes pie-in-the-sky promises to fix all their problems?