Watch Those Rural Red Places

For John, BLUF:  Republicans shouldn't get cocky.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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As midterm elections near, smaller, redder places show more economic growth

From the Brookings Institution blog, "The Avenue", by Analysts Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton, 9 September 2018.

Here is the lede:

In the midst of one of the longest economic expansions in decades, we have not been the only analysts to note signs of a modest but real reversal of fortunes in small town and rural America.

Because of the genius of the American system, those more rural areas have a voice..

Regards  —  Cliff