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Why blue-state cities are failing

By Conn Carroll
Published August 15, 2025 5:10am ET
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There is a chart that the Democratic Party-aligned Brookings Institution loves to put out after every presidential election. It shows the “candidates’ share” of “GDP by county” for the most recent election.

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