The people of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic for decades, until Donald Trump flipped it in 2016. What happened?

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In The Forgotten, Ben Bradlee Jr. reviews on how voters in Luzerne Region, a pivotal county in a crucial swing state, found feel just like strangers in their own land – marginalized by smooth or falling income, rapid demographic transformation, and a liberal culture that mocks their trust and about The Neglected: How the Folks of One Pennsylvania State Elected Donald Trump and Transformed America patriotism.

Fundamentally rural and struggling with changing demographics and limited opportunity, Luzerne County is seen like a microcosm of the nation. In The Neglected, Trump voters speak for themselves, explaining how they experienced others had been ‘reducing in range’ and that the federal government was acquiring too much money from your employed and giving it towards the idle. The loss of breadwinner position, and moreover, the increased loss of dignity, primed them for a candidate like Donald Trump.

The political facts of the divided America are stark, however the stories from the men, women and families in The Ignored offer a kaleidoscopic and fascinating portrait from the complex on-the-ground political reality of America today.