African American

No one sympathized with the white blue collar workers. What the workers did was coalesce and go shopping for someone who would put their interests at the forefront (Trump), and vote him in.

No one was feeling the pain of the white blue collar workers, any more than they were feeling the pain of the black blue collar workers. To all, people were saying to move if necessary, gain new skills, adjust to the changing world.

The white blue collar workers' jobs were in manufacturing, too. So when they voted someone in to work on it, they voted someone in to work on the issue for black workers, too.

It's just too bad that the person they voted in doesn't have their interests as his main goal, and even if he tries to do something, he doesn't have a clue of how to go about it and may end up screwing things up more. Time will tell.

It's the manufacturing in the midwestern states that got Trump in, as well as PA. It wasn't the coal miners. They always vote Republican, anyway.

I still think it's true that workers in fields that are declining should try to switch fields. Coal mining can last for a while, but it's on the way out, long term. Car manufacturing is global, now, even if Trump manages to add some jobs here short term.

I don't think there's anything wrong with moving for job opportunities or gaining skills, if a person can do those things. I did. It's just necessary sometimes, if you want to make a decent living.