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The Conservative Populist Coalition Has Grown in Pennsylvania. What That Means Going Forward Is Important

The Conservative Populist Coalition Has Grown in Pennsylvania. What That Means Going Forward Is Important
A view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pierre Blaché/Pixabay
Salena Zito
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FANNETTSBURG, Pennsylvania—The first time I accidentally stumbled onto the cracked Back Road street sign in this Franklin County unincorporated town years ago, while covering the 2012 presidential race between then-President Barack Obama and Sen. Mitt Romney, I knew I had to turn onto it even though I had no idea where it led.

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.
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