Northampton County, Pennsylvania flipped from reliably blue to backing Trump – and despite his disappointments, many still say there was no better alternativeEvery Christmas, Jeff and Denise Fox have the neighbors over. Their votes mattered a lot because the Foxes live in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, a bellwether county that voted twice for Barack Obama before backing Trump. By his description, Fox took the Trump plunge out of a conviction that politics as usual was irreversibly broken. “It can be fun to watch – politicians attack Trump, Trump attacks the politicians and the media, it’s like a circus, in a way it’s like ‘Give me some popcorn,’ you know what I mean,” he said. Maybe, who knows.”The Guardian has been interviewing Trump supporters in Northampton County over the last year to determine whether Trump is living up to his promise, in the eyes of his supporters.

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2017 12:56 UTC