Rust belt?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="headline">headline</span>, “<span word="Rust">Rust</span> <span word="Belt">Belt</span>” <span word="in">in</span> <span word="particular">particular</span>:</p><p><span word="Hillary">Hillary</span> <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span>: <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Rust">Rust</span> <span word="Belt">Belt</span> (<span word="Associated">Associated</span> <span word="Press">Press</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 19, 2016).</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="examines">examines</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="Hillary">Hillary</span> <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Midwestern">Midwestern</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="who">who</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span>, <span word="want">want</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="back">back</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seek">seek</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="AP">AP</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="prescient">prescient</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="know">know</span>, <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Donald">Donald</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="viewed">viewed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="favorite">favorite</span>.</p><p><span word="Also">Also</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="presciently">presciently</span> <span word="foretells">foretells</span>, <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="due">due</span>, <span word="among">among</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span>, <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="votes">votes</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rust">rust</span> <span word="belt">belt</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="swath">swath</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="industries">industries</span> (<span word="Think">Think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pittsburg">Pittsburg</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Detroit">Detroit</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="cars">cars</span>).</p><p><span word="Due">Due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="globalization">globalization</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> (<span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="NAFTA">NAFTA</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Free">Free</span> <span word="Trade">Trade</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="Canada">Canada</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span>), <span word="these">these</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="including">including</span>, “<span word="China">China</span>”, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="wont">wont</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="repeat">repeat</span> <span word="saying">saying</span>.</p><p><span word="Anyways">Anyways</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rust">rust</span> <span word="belt">belt</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="base">base</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conveyor">conveyor</span> <span word="belt">belt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="assembly">assembly</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> (<span word="Think">Think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Modern">Modern</span> <span word="Times">Times</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Charlie">Charlie</span> <span word="Chaplin">Chaplin</span>) <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="laid">laid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conveyor">conveyor</span> <span word="belts">belts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="rust">rust</span> – <span word="or">or</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="rusty">rusty</span>.</p>
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