Rural voters stuck with GOP in tight Penn. race - Entrepreneur Generations

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There's no official winner yet in yesterday's special Congressional election in Pennsylvania, though Democrat Conor Lamb has a small lead over Republican Rick Saccone and has declared victory. Whether Lamb wins or not, the closeness of the race could be interpreted as a sign that blue collar Americans are losing faith in Republican policies, James Hohmann writes for The Washington Post. After all, President Trump won this district by 20 points in 2016, but it took millions of dollars from national political action committees and heavy support from Trump and other GOP luminaries to bring this race even.

"The bigger reason that the savviest GOP operatives in town are freaking out right now, though, is that the results underscore the degree to which the party has been unable to hone in on a message that can reliably win races in this environment," Hohmann writes.

But Democrats may not want to take a victory lap just yet: the most-current precinct-level map shows that rural voters went for Saccone, which could indicate that Democrats are still having a hard time connecting with the rural voters who delivered the election to Trump in 2016.

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