Politics Democrats are weighing a strategy to return to factory townsBy Cecil LarsonMarch 12, 2024 Should Democrats even bother competing in the struggling factory towns of the Midwest?ONE report released Tuesday answers this question with…
Politics The myth of the virtues of small towns in the politics of big countriesBy Cecil LarsonJanuary 28, 2024 Once, years ago, I was sitting on a plane next to someone from Los Angeles and chatting when they asked…
Politics Democrats lost the most in Midwestern “Factory Towns,” the report saysBy Cecil LarsonJanuary 6, 2024 WASHINGTON — The Midwest's share of the Democratic presidential vote fell steepest between 2012 and 2020 in counties that saw…