FDR made it a blue bastion – now it’s Trump’s stronghold in California. Is it forever lost?

What happened: The Guardian reports on Shasta County, California, which it describes as having embraced the MAGA movement, and asks whether Democrats can win back the rural working-class voters they once relied upon. Key numbers: The article cites the 1932 election, when nearly a quarter of the US was out of work, and a 1931 incident in which 200 men scuffled over a handful of temporary jobs. Why it matters: The piece frames the shift in a county tied to FDR as a Democratic loss among rural, working-class voters, and questions whether that change is permanent.

The Guardian reports on Shasta County, California, which it describes as having embraced the MAGA movement, and asks whether Democrats can win back the rural working-class voters they once relied upon.

The piece frames the shift in a county tied to FDR as a Democratic loss among rural, working-class voters, and questions whether that change is permanent.