He tries to stay cheerful, but he’s tired, and he voted for Donald Trump. “But he’ll be different,” Brunelle, who lives in the tiny town of Atwater, said hopefully. “He’ll be different, in some way or another.”It is with the support of voters such as Brunelle, who feel belittled rather than empowered by globalisation, that Trump hopes to wrest Ohio back into the Republican column on Tuesday. However untrue, the message has resonated deeply with workers such as Brunelle, who long for the stability enjoyed by their parents and grandparents. Before that, Brunelle was a plant manager for Water Star, a hi-tech manufacturer in Newbury, Ohio.

Source: The Guardian November 08, 2016 17:07 UTC