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Elections

What Seattle Doesn't Understand About Trump's Appeal

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Republican Washington state Representative Matt Manweller

If you look at a map of the presidential vote in Washington, you'll see solid Democratic blue in the Puget Sound region. The large population centers in Western Washington carried the state overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton. But east of the Cascades, every county except for one, voted for Donald Trump. Matt Manweller, Republican state lawmaker from Ellensburg, is also a political science professor at Central Washington University. He spoke with KUOW’s Emily Fox about Trump’s appeal east of the Cascade Mountains.

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