Wrangor
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Built off the 2012 Romney map and focused on adding FL, OH, and PA. Saw some commonalities across OH, PA, MI, WI, and IA. Curious how he's going to bring manufacturing jobs back to the Midwest. Can relax/roll back stardards on coal, but the union auto jobs aren't coming back from SC and AL. Will probably use Pence to calm down evangelicals on social issues, but he probably knows all the Midwest Governors and could help there too.
HRC was a shitty candidate and her campaign was incredulous that she didn't have a walk over in the Obama 2012 states. As bad as it was, could have been worse if Trump hadn't alienated Latinos and Mormons in the West.
The Midwest auto jobs would come back if you broke the unions. The labor force there is incredible for auto construction and repair. They have done it their whole lives and many of them have had it handed down generationally (I know because a good portion of my family lives in Michigan and are auto people).
Think of the paradigm shift if they finally said no to the unions. I think almost immediately you would see the current auto companies reinvest in their properties in the region and the next time a bid came for a new plant you would have experienced people ready to go to work on a level playing field with South Carolina and mississippi.
Don't get me wrong - Mississippi loves the auto plants that are being built here and the jobs and tax money that comes out of that but there is really no reason those plants shouldn't be built in Michigan. The state is just dealing with half the deck.
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