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Newly Registered Pennsylvania Voter Motivated by Economic Circumstances

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Newly Registered Pennsylvania Voter Motivated by Economic Circumstances
Voters line up outside of Philadelphia City Hall to cast their early voting ballots at the satellite polling station in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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OAKMONT, Pa.—Four years ago, Douglas Hohman turned old enough to vote. He had turned 18 years old in May, yet, for a number of reasons, he never got around to voting for either then-candidate Joe Biden or then-President Donald Trump.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.