They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump.
11/30/19
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from The New York Times,
11/26/19:
Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope of retaking the Rust Belt battleground states that handed the presidency to Donald J. Trump in 2016.
Yet success in the midterms might not mean as much for Democratic presidential candidates as the party might think. Nearly two-thirds of voters in six battleground states who voted for President Trump in 2016 — but for Democratic congressional candidates in 2018 — say they intend to back the president against each of his top rivals, according to recent polling by The New York Times Upshot/Siena College.
Mr. Trump is “an egotistical, overbearing man,” she said — but said that doesn’t change what he’s achieved.
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