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If Democrats don’t get optimistic about automation, they’ll lose 2020

By Ryan Khurana
Published April 12, 2019 4:19pm ET
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If Democrats don’t get optimistic about automation, they’ll lose 2020
FILE- In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo robots weld the bed of a 2018 Ford F-150 truck on the assembly line at the Ford Rouge assembly plant in Dearborn, Mich. On Monday, April 1, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of manufacturing activity for March. | (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

The promise of good jobs continues to be a mainstay of American politics. That’s why automation will be one of the defining issues of the 2020 elections, at least according to the Brookings Institution.

Researchers found that higher automation risk correlates with support for Republicans — 46 out of the 50 districts most at risk of job automation went for the GOP in the 2018 midterms. If Democrats cannot sell a positive vision for automation to these districts, they could be handing Trump another term.

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