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Erie longs for manufacturing past, but what’s the future?

A look at the hopes and realities for some of the Americans who voted Trump.

02/22/2017 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Erie longs for manufacturing past, but what’s the future?

Clip: 2/22/2017 | 15m 18s

A look at the hopes and realities for some of the Americans who voted Trump.

Erie County, Pennsylvania, has long been a manufacturing center, but jobs have been declining since the 1970s. In collaboration with the NewsHour and Marketplace, Frontline offers a look at the hopes and hardships in regions that voted for President Trump. Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Douglas Holtz-Eakin of American Action Forum talk more with Jeffrey Brown.

02/22/2017 | Rating NR

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