The Appalachian region has been on a long losing streak economically, which made last night’s political victory taste all the sweeter in Logan, West Virginia.
Donald Trump had overwhelming support in this old coal town, where unemployment doubled after 2008 while most of America was recovering. Residents said they weren’t surprised, unlike pollsters and the markets, that the Republican defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton. Now they’re counting on him to deliver the new jobs and better pay that he’s promised.
