Donald Trump's Voters Summary

• The enormous surplus of labor in China imperils workers worldwide as international competition puts incessant downward pressure on wages and working conditions, leading the apparel and textile industries to favor the cheapest and most Draconian producers.

Bernie Sanders represented more of the ideals of coming together to help the country. However, looking at both Sanders and Clinton we can see where the party's problem is. While Sanders did represent the “we” values, his supporters developed a mindset of we are the only way and will not submit to Clinton. Even when the party is trying to be for the people, it sets up barriers that drive the party apart rather than together. Overall, I really enjoyed Lilla’s article, I had never seen the party’s problem in this light.

Modern America can be considered one of the world’s economic and industrial leaders. This didn’t happen instantaneously. It was a long process that took centuries to occur from when America was first colonized by England. America started slow and far behind England and other European countries in the technology race but a diverse culture and the work ethic of American people all helped to push this country forward. From antebellum America in the 19th century, to the Progressive Era in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and finally to the New Deal period in the 20th century, many changes occurred as millions of people lives were affected greatly during this time. Throughout these eras in U.S. history, there was a general

The American work ethic, he claims, has made a large free labor force, which in turn has made capitalism a very powerful force in our society. The post World War II surge in patriotism and

The book Out of Site by Erik Loomis discusses many problems when it comes to American companies outsourcing their factory jobs. One of the issues that he discusses are the horrible working conditions that plague foreign countries. These awful working conditions used to be normal in the United States in the early 19th century but laws soon changed that. Now these working conditions have just changed their location and continue to take people’s lives every year.

Craig begins on page 45 with his disposition on swing votes “a swing voter is a voter who could go either way- someone who is not so solidly committed to one candidate or the other” (Craig 46). Swing voters can be change who they will vote for and are easier to attract. Craig identifies swing voters on page 47 as “(1) those who are undecided, and (2) those who, though they have a current preference, say they might change their mind between the interview and the election” (Craig, 47). Craig “to indicate how favorable or unfavorable they view each of the presidential candidates by rating them on a so-called thermometer scale ranging from 0 to 100 degrees” (Craig 47). The far left and right extremes (-100 and 100) represent the

     The exporting of American jobs is an issue that is important and will become increasingly so as more and more white collar jobs are shipped overseas. American companies in the past few decades have been sending American jobs overseas paying residents of other countries pennies on the dollar what they had paid American workers to do. This saves the companies millions of dollars on labor costs but costs Americans precious jobs.

Again China cheap labors not only they are stealing American workers jobs, but they're also exporting their product to Americans on a daily basis.

This election, many people see a solution to this problem through Donald Trump’s political campaign on a platform of “Make America Great Again”. Trump is running, creating new jobs and improving the economy, which appeals to many people who are in the lower and middle classes who have been left behind by economic inequality. Trump’s largest base of support comes from white Americans who do not have a high school degree. This group usually has a very small income, if any at all, because they are less educated. In contrast, those with a college degree have a much easier experience finding work out of college. This means that those without a high school diploma are looking for economic change in order to gain an advantage and proceed with their economic pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. Other groups with large support for Trump are people with mobile homes and “old economy jobs” which are, similarly, groups with lower incomes. Trump appeals to these groups such as the “old economy jobs” because they are losing their jobs as new technology emerges. As “old economy jobs” decline, the demand for new jobs increase; the creation of which Donald Trump endorses. Donald Trump is definitely not a traditional conservative, but he has the ability to attract these groups with his platform through his populist appeal. Thus, a person who is lower in the economic gap would lean towards a candidate such as

He is also correct with the claim that if we bought more “Made in America” it will help business and stop downsizing that is on the rise.

1. In one paragraph, summarize the thesis and main points of chapter 1 "American Rust" in The New Geography of Jobs Chapter One of the New Geography of Jobs, titled “American Rust,” focuses on the fall of manufacturing employment in the US. Although manufacturing jobs pulled America out of the Great Depression and led to a period of stability and increased consumerism, in 1979, it stopped being “an engine of prosperity.” While the fall of the manufacturing sector is often blamed on banks and financiers, the real reasons are globalization and technological progress.

As markets open up to global commerce, wages continue to improve and enhance standards of living around the world. Since United States firms are standard-bearers in labor practices when doing business globally and other countries have made a commitment to their people to protect their labor rights, it is only right that the American companies reapply efforts to “Make America Great

China is one of our biggest labor competitors. The reason many US companies go to China for outsourcing is again, because of their workforce’s willingness to operate at low costs. Michael Zimmerman describes this as a disparity in worker “tolerance”. Where the low wages found in China are “far lower than U.S.

Labor is one of the largest and in certain sectors the most expensive component in the production of goods. Outsourcing acknowledges the labor cost to produce a particular product is cheaper if the manufacturer were to produce the same product in-house where the cost per unit is significantly higher. Stable labor costs are important for long-term revenue projections to be relied upon by managers because they are a precursor of where a company is trending financially. It is this efficiency-in-scale that confirms the benefit of the division of labor memorialized by Adam Smith. As a result of the wage disparity between the costs of American workers versus Chinese workers, hundreds of U.S. based firms relocated all or part of their operations to China, taking advantage of the inexpensive labor market and the many cost-saving incentives offered by the Chinese government.

The Rust Belt is back. So say bullish observers as U.S. exports surge, long-moribund industries glow with newfound profits, and unemployment dips to lows not seen in a decade. But in the smokestack citadels, there’s disquiet. Too many machine-tool and auto parts factories are silent; too many U.S. industries still can’t hold their own.