Red State Blues: Stories from Midwestern life on the left

by Martha Bayne (Editor)

Other authorsAllison Lynn (Contributor), Tara Rose (Contributor), Ed Simon (Contributor), Wendy Welch (Contributor), Bill Savage (Contributor), Edward McClelland (Contributor), Dan Gilman (Contributor), Sarah Kendzior (Contributor), Vince Guerrieri (Contributor), Bridget Callahan (Contributor), Justin Kern (Contributor) — 16 more, Greggor Mattson (Contributor), Phil Christman (Contributor), Sean Decatur (Contributor), Chris Drabick (Contributor), Christopher Vondracek (Contributor), Annie Maroon (Contributor), John Counts (Contributor), Dara Aritonovich (Contributor), Trent Kay Maverick (Contributor), Amanda Lewan (Contributor), Angela Anastoke Repke (Contributor), Tory Sparks (Contributor), Mark V. Reynolds (Contributor), Sydney Boles (Contributor), Rowan Lynam (Contributor), Lori Tucker-Sullivan (Contributor)
Ebook, 2018

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Much has been made of the 2016 electoral flip of traditionally Democratic states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio to tip Donald Trump into the presidency. Countless think pieces have explored this newfound exotic constituency of blue voters who swung red. But what about those who remain true blue? Red State Blues speaks to the lived experience of progressives, activists, and ordinary Democrats pushing back against simplistic narratives of the Midwest as Trump Country."They've been there all along, and as the essays in this collection demonstrate, they're not leaving anytime soon. With contributions by journalist and scholar Sarah Kendzior, Kenyon College president Sean Decatur, Pittsburgh city councilman Dan Gilman, and more."… (more)

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