Biden's efforts in Lordstown, Ohio to revive the economy with new manufacturing jobs fell flat, showing that even significant investments may not sway voters who turned towards Trump.
The theory that Democrats could reclaim the working class by moving away from neoliberal policies and embracing populist economic strategies has been put to the test in Lordstown.
Despite Biden's substantive economic achievements, his agenda failed to resonate politically with the working class, which instead shifted its allegiances back to the Trump camp.
Lordstown exemplifies the challenge Democrats face in reconciling economic strategies with the political reality that many working-class voters prefer Trump's brand of populism.
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