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Colton Weaver, a 37-year-old mechanic from Beaumont, Texas, is exactly the kind of voter who made Donald Trump president.
On Tuesday, he is voting for a Democrat.
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he → take → Democrat
‘I think it’s time for some changes from what we have now, and I think we need to hurry up and get them done,’ he told the Daily Mail.
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he → think → Mail
Exit polls show Trump won about two-thirds of white voters without a college degree in each of his three runs.
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Trump → show → runs
Now, a New York Times poll finds fewer than half of them approve of the job he’s doing.
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he → find → job
The blue-collar coalition that powered him to the White House in 2016, and stuck with him through 2020 and 2024, may finally be breaking.
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that → power → 2020
And there is fury, too, including among those on the MAGA right, over the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files, encapsulated by the podcaster Joe Rogan who called it 'a line in the sand' and accused the administration of 'trying to gaslight' the electorate.
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who → be → electorate
President Trump's support among white working class voters has fallen and could impact the midterms
Dwight Phillips, a working class voter in Macomb County, said he was voting for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
Jeff Borja, a retired history teacher also in Macomb County, voted for Trump in 2016 but is now throwing his support behind El-Sayed
Democrats believe the Epstein issue is resonating with working-class voters and in Kansas launched ads accusing Republican senator Roger Marshall of 'protecting pedophiles' with his votes in Congress, and being a member of the 'Epstein class.'
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issue → fall → class
In Florida, they spent big running a 30-second ad during Game 3 of the World Series, featuring an Epstein survivor accusing Republican Senator Ashley Moody of 'voting to protect the man who abused me.'
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who → spend → me
One vital of Trump's remaining clout amid the white working class will be in Michigan's Macomb County.
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vital → remain → County
It was there that the 'Reagan Democrats' phenomenon was born – white working class voters who abandoned the traditional support they had shown for Democratic candidates since the 1930s and Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
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they → bear → 1930s
Dwight Phillips, a working class voter in Macomb County, said he was voting for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
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he → say → Sayed
'People are tired of the same old story,' he told the Daily Mail.
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he → tell → Mail
People hate Trump, not just disliking, hating, and they want to see new ideas like Medicare for all.
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they → hate → all
Jeff Borja, a retired history teacher also in Macomb County, voted for Trump in 2016 but is now throwing his support behind El-Sayed.
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Borja → vote → Sayed
'I didn't like what he did in his first term,' Borja, 59, said of Trump, pointing specifically to the lack of a peaceful transfer of power in 2020.
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Borja → like → 2020
Now, Borja is strictly voting on policy.
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Borja → vote → policy
He views El-Sayed as the candidate focused on domestic economic relief and sharply criticizes Republican economic proposals.
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He → view → proposals
'The only people that suffer from tariffs are the citizens of this country,' Borja noted.
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Borja → suffer → country
Macomb County, Michigan, is where the 'Reagan Democrats' phenomenon was born
Voters in Michigan tell the Daily Mail that they're voting for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
Former President Barack Obama rallied on behalf of Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit last weekend
President Trump speaks at a campaign rally this week in the lead-up to the elections
In Sedgwick County, a key electoral area of Kansas, a deep red state where the Senate race is now a toss-up, the biggest issue for white working class men was affordability.
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issue → bear → men
It came up again and again.
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It → come → ?
Damien Gilbert, a 32-year-old union carpenter said his friends can no longer afford their lives.
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friends → say → lives
'Everything is just getting more expensive, especially with this ridiculous war of choice.
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Everything → get → choice
Now we can't afford gas.
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we → afford → gas
Food keeps getting more expensive.'
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Food → get → ?
It's a sentiment replicated across the Midwest.
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It → replicate → Midwest
'I'm a fast food worker, and I haven't seen a raise in a year and a half,' said Cody, a 32-year-old looking for work in Dayton, Ohio.
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Cody → see → Dayton
It's like there's no real chance.
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It → be → ?
Yeah, it's hard for people to make it like an honest living.
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people → make → living
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'I'm a fast food worker, and I haven't seen a raise in a year and a half,' said Cody, a 32-year-old looking for work in Ohio
Tariffs are a big part of the frustration.
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Tariffs → see → frustration
Trump initially surfed a wave of anger in the industrial heartlands about the loss of manufacturing in the aftermath of NAFTA, President Bill Clinton's North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Trump → surf → NAFTA
In his second term, blue collar workers backed Trump believing tariffs would bring jobs back.
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tariffs → back → jobs
But that faith has collapsed, with support plummeting 25 percentage points among blue-collar workers, according to the State of the American Worker Survey compiled by Echelon Insights.
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support → collapse → Insights
Now, just 36 percent back Trump on tariffs, while 58 percent are against them.
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percent → back → them
More than two-thirds of blue-collar workers believe tariffs have increased the cost of living for them, according to the survey.
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tariffs → believe → survey
'What everyone around me says is, we love Trump,' said John Foret, 35, an electrician in Jefferson County, Texas, who's spent eight years in the oil and gas industry.
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who → say → industry
Foret says former President Joe Biden 'just didn't care' about blue collar workers, and that sentiment will prevent some from crossing into the Democratic column.
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sentiment → say → column
'I did the math, I don't know the exact numbers (but) it seems like I have more money in my pocket, or they're working toward me having more money in my pocket,' Foret claimed.
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Foret → do → pocket
Josh and Stephanie spoke with the Daily Mail ahead of Election Day on Tuesday
Daily Mail spoke to voters during a Halloween block party in Dayton's Oregon District, many who are unhappy with the current cost of living
'Trump, in my eyes, seems to support the blue-collar worker and the men and women in this world who go out and make a living with their hands,' he added.
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he → speak → hands
This belief has pushed him into the column for Ken Paxton, the scandal-plagued Senate candidate in Texas who is depending on the Trump coalition to drag him over the finish line against Democrat James Talarico.
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who → push → Talarico
At his final rally in Texas last week, before a largely male crowd Trump pitched 'free oil' from Venezuela promising it would come at zero cost.
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it → pitch → cost
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