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Ohio’s working-class voters rethink support for Trump and the Republican Party

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The abandoned remains of a steel facility in Warren, Ohio, on Oct. 8. The 50,000 manufacturing jobs in 1990 in the Youngstown-Warren area fell to about 20,000 in 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The abandoned remains of a steel facility in Warren, Ohio, on Oct. 8. The 50,000 manufacturing jobs in 1990 in the Youngstown-Warren area fell to about 20,000 in 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. | REUTERS

Oct 15, 2026

Warren, Ohio – A decade after U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, peeled away working-class and union voters who had long been a cornerstone of Democratic support in Ohio, Democrats and labor leaders see an opening to win back some of them in the Nov. 3 elections.

Now midway through his second term, the president’s magic appears to be losing at least some of its luster with blue-collar men and women as rising prices, the Iran war and concerns about his rhetoric prompt some voters to reconsider their support.

The state’s reputation as a leading swing state began to fade in 2016 when Trump won strong support from working-class voters who felt their economic concerns were being heard, helping turn Ohio into a reliably Republican state.

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