With the dust now settled from the election, Democrats are looking to rebuild the political "blue wall" of traditionally Democratic upper Midwest and Great Lakes states that Republican Donald Trump captured with an appeal to white, working-class voters.The struggles of the Democrat party.
Hillary Clinton's failure to hold key blocs of these voters helped seal Trump's stunning electoral victory and leaves Democrats with a gaping, perhaps long-term, hole in the party's national battle front. Trump boasted of his accomplishment at a post-election rally in Ohio.
The president-elect crowed: "We didn't break it, we shattered that sucker. We shattered it, man. That poor wall is busted up."
Monday, December 05, 2016
Democrats looking to reclaim Midwestern supporters
The AP reports: