the Midwest rebuilds, hopefully, thanks to tariffs

The most important states, though, were Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  Trump won those states by 0.2, 0.7 and 0.8 percentage points, respectively — and by 10,704, 46,765 and 22,177 votes.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/donald-trump-will-be-president-thanks-to-80000-people-in-three-states/?utm_term=.46eca6b43bec
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 Ohio with its 18 electoral votes Trump won by 8%.  Clinton took Illinois' 20 electoral votes by 16%.  Overall the Midwest gave Trump the mandate; in return steel and aluminum tariffs on foreigners will help the Midwest rebuild, hopefully,  after decades of severe globalization exported their jobs and industrial strength.      -r
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9-20-17   Donald Trump’s promise to bring back millions of manufacturing jobs was an important element in his surprising electoral victory.  Trump was able to win enough blue-collar and normally Democratic voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin to cement his Electoral College majority.  https://tcf.org/content/report/strategy-rebuilding-manufacturing-sector-united-states/
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3-7-18    

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/03/07/u-s-steel-says-reopen-illinois-steel-plant-trump-tariffs/403064002/