Nearly half the U.S. counties carried by President Donald Trump in the 2016 election were arguably in recession at the time, with local economic output shrinking during a campaign that focused on the declining fortunes of blue-collar America
1 / 3FILE PHOTO: A supporter holds a sign as Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Living History Farms in Urbandale, IowaBy Howard Schneider
In issuing its first official estimate of gross domestic product by county, the BEA provided a granular look at how economic conditions are evolving in one of the country's basic geographic units. The pain, however, was not equally spread. A global crash in oil prices had hit the country's energy producers hard, and led to declines in business investment and manufacturing felt most acutely where Trump's populist message was gaining traction.
Clinton, for example, won the U.S. popular vote with support that was geographically concentrated in larger urban areas. Those places are the most economically productive, accounting for about two-thirds of national output as it stands, and steadily gaining more.
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