Submitted by Stephen Dunne on December 2, 2024 - 12:58pm
Prof. Victor Menaldo quoted for Axios on the recent shift of many blue states toward Republican. Not in Washington...
Many states, even solidly liberal ones like California, New York and New Jersey, saw President-elect Trump improve on his 2020 performance by multiple percentage points. That didn't happen in Washington.
Victor Menaldo, a University of Washington political science professor, told Axios that Washington's tech-heavy economy, higher-than-average education level and reliance on global trade are among the reasons Trump's economic message may not have resonated as well here.
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