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Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

  • Written by Christabel Devadoss, Assistant Professor in Global Studies and Human Geography, Middle Tennessee State University
imageWisconsin voters lining up to cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm election, Oct. 25, 2022, in Milwaukee.Scott Olson/Getty Images

Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a term that describes Midwestern industrial and manufacturing states whose economies were decimated by the decline of those industries in the...

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