Economy in Counties Trump Won Points to Governing Challenges
Trump won in the places that have seen the slowest growth since the pandemic, according to county-level GDP data.
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Donald Trump’s November election victory has often been explained as a reflection of anger about post-pandemic price increases for everything from groceries to housing.
But inflation was only part of the economic story. Trump won in the places that have seen the slowest growth since the pandemic, according to county-level GDP data released in December by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.