Trump won in 2016 in part by peeling off rank-and-file union members. Now Democrats hope to lure them back.
Like many in Virginia, Minn., Jim Pechonick works at an iron ore mine and was raised a Democrat. Then came Donald Trump with promises to restore the greatness of American steel.
“The only time in my life I’ve ever been out of a job was under Obama,” said Mr. Pechonick, 51, recalling a stretch in 2009-10 when the mine closed due to the poor economy. In 2016, he joined a sizable number of union workers who voted for Mr. Trump. “Somebody needed to shake up the country.”
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