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Divided America shows Trump rising in coal country despair
In Logan County West Virginia residents face vanished mines, abandoned towns and high poverty while Trump appeals as hope. The piece tracks boarded storefronts unemployment and a two decade decline as locals weigh loyalty to Democrats and belief that Trump may deliver solutions amid economic collapse.
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Logan
Mike Kirk
America
Appalachia
Logan County
Kirk
West Virginia
James Branscome
Standard & Poor's
Appalachian Regional Commission
Donald Trump
Rust Belt
Midwest
Trump
Peter Atwater
United States
Lehman Brothers
Atwater
Withey
Public Religion Research Institute
Daniel Cox
ISIS
China
Ashley Kominar
Mingo County
Kominar
United Mine Workers of America
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Truman Chafin
Chafin
State Senate
Statehouse
South Carolina
A_ think tank
The
Economic Innovation Group
Deep South
North Carolina
Ohio
Virginia
Florida
Hamilton County
Columbus County
Buchanan County
Gerald Arrington
Chuck Keeney
Southern Community College
Keeney