An Ohio factory closure stirs populist anger. Who will that help in 2020? [View all]

Source-https://apps.bostonglobe.com/nation/politics/2019/10/voters-2020-election/ohio/lordstown/


Snip-"As for the cause of the current collision, he pointed to the same villain named by just about everyone here: Corporate greed.


Snip-"Meyer, who said he voted twice for Barack Obama and spent four nights a week on the picket line “fighting for the middle class,” might seem like an ally for Democrats, but he embodies the party’s challenge. Although he talks economics like Warren or Sanders, his loyalties are now firmly ensconced with Trump."


Snip-"Voters like Meyer have turned Northeast Ohio into a place where populism is at a crossroads, tugged between Democrats’ soak-the-rich liberalism and Trump’s anti-immigrant truculence, and 2020 will be a test of which party can best harness that anger.

But even though the economy has not soared in this corner of Ohio, there is more blame for GM than for Trump, who enjoys an enduring well of support here — and little sign that Democratic presidential candidates’ populist messages have found receptive new ears."

Lots more in the article, which I found depressing to read.



This is Tim Ryans district