Jessica Leveto, chair of Moving Forward Together, a grass-roots group in Ohio, watches people sign petitions at the Harbor Perk Coffeehouse in Ashtabula. It’s a story emerging across Trump country, where left-leaning grass-roots groups have popped up in some of the reddest parts of the nation — a sign that “the resistance” has gone rural. When broken down by gender, rural women reported a slightly higher disapproval than rural men, perhaps why many of the grass-roots groups are led by women. The state gave Trump one of the highest approval ratings in the country during his first six months in office — 54 percent, according to Gallup. Still, Sullivan said a resistance effort has been building in the state since Trump was elected.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 00:45 UTC