As snow whips through the downtown one evening, the historic Indiana Theatre sits dark. The venue once attracted stars like Frank Sinatra but has since faded from national attention. For a few hours last May, however, that all changed. Some 2,000 people descended on the theater, lining up in the early-morning hours to meet the man they felt could fix their problems: Donald J. Trump.
Mr. Trump knew that Vigo County and hundreds of small cities and rural areas like it were struggling. Manufacturers had been pulling out for decades, leaving behind the poor, the underemployed, and the undereducated. This was Trump’s America, a place where the promise of rebuilding the economy and fixing the ills of modern society resonates deeply with voters.
Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.