2016 Postmortem

Part of the reason those jobs are gone is because of technological advancements. Society always evolves and as technology advances more and more things become automated. People need to evolve with technology and those in rural areas tend to be resistant to change, even when it's necessary.

Over the last 8 years Obama really wanted to bring jobs to those areas again by updating infrastructure but the GOP has put forth such an effort to block everything he wants to do that on that front no much was accomplished. So they voted for someone who thinks people earn too much money and gives empty promises. The Democratic Party could actually help IF American would get rid of all the obstructionists, but they won't do it because the left is too busy wanting to talk about everything else but the survival of the working poor. Yes, people do care about social issues, but less so when they are worried about how they are going to pay the bills and feed their kids.