Donald Trump’s recent gains in some polls in the Middle West and Florida may prove to be a transient phenomenon if the Republican nominee’s pro-Russian, anti-NATO stance is hammered home to the regions’ large communities of Eastern and Northern European heritage.
The ethnic vote in several battleground states could be decisive in a close election. Nearly 10% of the populations of Wisconsin and Michigan is Polish American. In Pennsylvania the share exceeds 7%; together with the sizeable Ukrainian and Lithuanian American communities it approaches 9%. Polish, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian Americans combined comprise 5% of Ohio’s population. Battleground …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
