Ben Bradley Jr.

Journalist, author

Journalist and author of “THE FORGOTTEN: How the Abandoned People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America"

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Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania went twice for Barack Obama. But they gave Donald Trump his Electoral College upset when they had the chance. Would they do it again?

Donald Trump In the Upper Midwest: The Man Who’s Not on the Ballot

Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania went twice for Barack Obama. But they gave Donald Trump his Electoral College upset when they had the chance. Would they do it again?

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