GOP Hold on Rust Belt May Not Be Firm

GOP Hold on Rust Belt May Not Be Firm
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (R) sits down with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on a campaign stop on Nov. 1, 2016 in Altoona, Wisconsin. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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The big story of President Donald Trump’s 2016 electoral victory was his breaking through the “blue wall,” flipping the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa from the Democratic to the Republican column.

Recent polling data, and some electoral losses, call into question whether the GOP will be able to turn Trump’s victories into a continuing advantage.