Bellwether counties show trouble for Trump
BY ALBERT HUNT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 07/08/20 12:00 PM EDT There is no single bellwether for American elections… but here are a half dozen counties that underscore Donald Trump's weaknesses.
Rural Wisconsin, Richland and Juneau countiesRichland and Juneau were two of the 208 counties around the country that switched from Obama to Trump. Trump’s slim 2016 Wisconsin victory, the Milwaukee Journal's Craig Gilbert calculated, was fueled by a "seismic shift" in blue collar, rural areas; Trump’s margins were almost three times bigger than George W. Bush.
This time around, the farm sector may spell trouble for the president. Just as he was celebrating his "great" trade deal where China would buy more Wisconsin agricultural products, COVID-19 hit, and China became Trump's top enemy. In farm spots like Richland, farmers are struggling. Juneau, which switched from an Obama win by 7 percent to a 26 percent Trump victory, has voted for every winning president for half a century.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/506333-bellwether-counties-show-trouble-for-trump
