President Donald Trump‘s appearance in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday underscores the Mahoning Valley as a bellwether for whether Democrats can win back the white, working-class voters who have rapidly shifted away from the party in recent years.
Youngstown, which anchors Mahoning County, has historically been the heavily Democratic, heavily unionized home to many so-called Reagan or Blue Dog Democrats.
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