Once a bastion of union power, rural western Pennsylvania has been veering rightward for years, a shift that went into overdrive with Mr. Trump. In Panera booths far from blue Pittsburgh, they were elated to find others who thought like them. Surely there had to be more — if not other Democrats, at least Republicans turned off by the president. “He’s losing his vote base,” thought Christina Proctor, 42, when she joined the ranks of the newly energized in Washington County. In 2018, a strong year over all for Pennsylvania Democrats, Republicans mostly held the line in the counties outside of Pittsburgh.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2020 07:52 UTC