The answer is that Trump's strength with rural and blue-collar white voters and his weakness with urban and metropolitan voters has deepened the demographic fault lines between parties.. That turns out to have helped Trump immensely in Electoral College blue-collar..…

Virtually since Trump’s inauguration, political pundits and election handicappers have predicted a “blue wave” of Democratic victories in 2018. So far, evidence from state and federal elections since Trump’s entrance into the White House has reinforced that view. ..…