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melling on Nov 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

Trump won because he turned the Rust Belt. It hasn't gone Republican in decades. People are voting because they've been left behind.

thesagan on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

It's very intense here in Michigan. Personally and via the numbers, and it's definitely the "flyover state" sentiment that did it.

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