In this Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, fog hovers over a mountaintop as a cutout depicting a coal miner stands at a memorial to local miners killed on the job in Cumberland, Ky.

Where the Blue-Collar Voters Didn't Vote Blue

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 22, 2020

Lisa Lerer, New York Times reporter and CNN political analyst, looks at how blue-collar voters - especially but not only white blue-collar voters - continued the trend of voting Republican, and what this means for Democrats in the future.

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