I keep hearing about problems in the Midwest, or Rustbelt, or some other place, but the polling figures are showing strong support for Trump in those areas.
I’m not quite as sure specific to the Rust Belt (because I don’t know exactly what the parameters are), but Trump isn’t languishing for support > IMO.
As for the comments you provided regarding poor leadership, it just baffles me to hear that. It’s obvious something along those lines had to be happening, but it’s downright painful to realize how out of touch those folks were.
Recently I say “Rust Belt Cities” and “Illinois”. People are fleeing IL from inner city, bungalow neighborhoods, suburbs, exurbia, downstate....everywhere. Jobs are fleeing all parts of IL.
But here in Atlanta there are far more license plates from OH and PA and NY. They seem to mostly be from inside the cities, the Clevelands, Akrons, Toledos, Pittsburghs, Schenectedys, Rochesters, etc. But maybe that is because I am inside the city of Atlanta.
If I were to go to growing Buford or Forsyth, growing suburbs, I might see suburban Ohio.