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| ‘Forgotten Man' Comeback Story: Under Trump, Red Counties Economically Thrive |
| 2019-05-08 |
| [Breitbart] Red counties that voted for GOP President Donald Trump are booming more economically under his presidency than blue counties that voted for his Democrat opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a new report from the liberal Brookings Institution shows. Brookings’ Mark Muro and Jason Whiton wrote on Tuesday: As the 2020 conversations ramp up, the "red and blue" economic growth patterns in the U.S. continue to be an enormous focal point. Now, as new data comes out on the years 2017 to 2018 and the president crows, it’s clear that counties that voted for President Trump have been ’winning’ a little‐or at least winning a little more than they were. Specifically, the geography of growth has changed somewhat‐at least for the moment: Counties that voted for Donald Trump are seeing a bit faster employment growth than they were in the Obama years and are now adding jobs a little faster than are counties that voted for Hillary Clinton. These red counties that voted for Trump over Clinton delivered him 306 electoral votes and victories in 30 and a half states, while Clinton won the popular vote but failed to win even 20 states, finishing with just 19 and a half states plus the District of Columbia for just 227 electoral votes. The bet on Trump seems to be paying off, as under the Trump administration these counties are outpacing the blue Clinton counties in growth trajectory. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Unexpectedly, the title of the Brookings article contains a hint of doom - Trump counties may be winning a bit more, but their prognosis remains dim |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-05-08 09:59 |
| #1 Government regulatory spending goes mainly to blue areas while the costs are born mainly in red areas so the decrease in regulation shifts economic benefit from blue to red areas. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-05-08 02:11 |