Trump wins 60 percent approval in rural areas of key states
Trump wins 60 percent approval in rural areas of key states
President Trump’s job approval rating in rural areas of the Rust Belt and Great Plains states is at 60 percent, markedly higher than his job approval rating nationally, according to a new poll commissioned by Democrats
A Change Research survey sponsored by The American Federation of Teachers and One Country, a group with close ties to former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), found that 60 percent of voters from non-metro counties in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and West Virginia approve of the job Trump is doing.
All of those states voted for Trump in 2016 with the exception of Colorado and Minnesota. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin went red in the 2016 election for the first time in decades, and Democrats believe that rebuilding that “blue wall” represents their likeliest path back to the White House.
ME: Yet another model showing why Trump will win.
As usual, you are clueless. Republicans win the rural areas, Democrats win the urban areas. The suburbs are the swing vote.
Pennsylvania 2016
Urban area 27%
Clinton 70% Trump 26%
Suburban area 53%
Clinton 44% Trump 52%
Rural area 19%
Clinton 26% Trump 71%
Pennsylvania Governor 2018
Urban area 23%
Democrat 78% Republican 21%
Suburban area 57%
Democrat 57% Republican 43%
Rural area 20%
Democrat 40% Republican 58%
Let me translate for you. The rural areas went for the Republican by around 60% and the suburbs went for the Democrat by a 14 point margin. In 2016, Trump won the suburbs by 8 and got 71% in rural areas. That was a 22 point swing in suburban areas and a 11 point drop in the rural areas. A 60% approval rating is not good for Trump.