They claim they want opportunity for training and skills but vote against education . The democrats don ' t provide this either . They ' ve been more than happy to pass free trade agreements now but kick the can down the road on the kinds of programs needed to help transitions . They claim they want good paying jobs but vote against unions . Yeah , again , Third Way dems who ' ve controlled the party aren ' t big on unions either , they just tolerate them and threaten the other guys are worse . They vote for the tax breaks and loopholes that allow companies to offshore and automate . And a lot of democrats supported plenty of these as well . I ' ll give you the autobailout . But the progressive uprising in the democratic party is about returning back to the roots of truly giving a damn about the issues you ' ve listed instead of just giving them lip service and threatening the other guys are worse . This is why the Dems don ' t command any trust in that region anymore . I voted for Clinton , but I ' m not at all shocked the blue wall in the rust belt was fragile for Clinton , and why she struggled in these states in the primaries . Her speeches to Wall Street probably hurt her more here than emails . They distrust Wall Street and for damn good reasons . Yeah they were voting against their interests with Trump , but it ' s not like they were really voting for their interests with Clinton .