last 20 years. organized labor is gone because a lot of the factories are gonance and so i think what s left in the wake there is a real opening for republicans to make a move on cultural issues, and you don t have the kind of organizing power that organized labor brings to those communities anymore and i think that s where somebody like trump can come in and prove very, very powerful. that said, it s not even just an american problem. this is happening all over the west. right. de-industrialization is hurting center left parties around the world, not just here. if you come back to this map. yeah. come back to the map, just look at it. if you took pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. ball game. minnesota. those were state, illinois is different. i m not going to put that on there because it s so democratic right now but the other states are in play. they have been in play for republicans. trump won some of them. minnesota is close. if you look at a longer term where we ar
democratic decline in the region to the de-industrialization that weakened the parties around the world. i m sure you saw the article. i m sure you re going to read the report for not only every midwest democratic but for democrats across the country who want the party to win nationally. it was a sobering look at a growing problem. this is i mean, my god, the changes from barack obama s first election when he did very well in factory towns, to 2020 where republicans just stomped democrats in those same towns. it begs the question, why are democrats losing voters who, economically, have every reason to support their health care plans and the sort of things you re trying to pass through congress right now? well, this is a story i m very particular with. i did read the piece. it is an important point. i represent saginaw, flint,