Mori Rothman:
Yeah, we went to Bethlehem, which is the birthplace of Bethlehem Steel, because we wanted to cover the election in some way still. Pennsylvania is pretty close to New York and northeast Pennsylvania, where Bethlehem is– is a swing district. We talked to a lot of people about the election and how they were feeling. And one of the main themes that emerged was that people were feeling frustrated with what was happening with the coronavirus and they didn't really know where to place that frustration. Some people placed it with state leaders and felt that the lockdown was overly harsh and was hurting their business. Others blamed President Trump for the lack of what they thought was a coordinated plan to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Beyond the coronavirus, people still cared about the major issues of economics, health care, and especially in a place like Bethlehem that has seen some hard times before. When the steel plant closed in the 90s, people still really care about what's going on with their wallets. And what we found was that while a lot of President Trump's speeches in areas like Bethlehem, Harrisburg, other places talked about the return of heavy industry and hearkened back to the old steel days, the region had really moved on. In the Lehigh Valley, where we did a lot of reporting, there's a new economy that has to do with e-commerce, biotech, med, and eds.
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