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Rustbelt
- Urban areas in the Northeast and Middle West marked by the concentration of old, declining industries, such as steel and textiles.
Example Sentences
The most popular Dodgers fashion cap in 2022, according to Lids, is called “Rustbelt” and features three colors: black, camel, and orange.
He was cast as the face of a Rustbelt renewal.
“Compared to his 2016 vote, his 2017 approval among blue-collar white women in the Rustbelt represented some of his largest declines anywhere—18 points in Ohio and 19 in Wisconsin and Minnesota,” the Atlantic found.
Rustbelt Democrats with national ambitions, such as Representative Tim Ryan of Ohio, say that an excess of identity politics can make their party “toxic” to working-class voters.
Did he win because working white men are “angry”? Did he win because Hillary failed to campaign in the critical Rustbelt swing states?
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