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Trump¹ Won Their Vote. Now They Want Him To Meet Expectations

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Donald Trump won this week in part because of the support of large sections of the Rust³ Belt that once went for Democrats⁴ like Northhampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. NPR's Jim Zarroli went there to talk to Trump supporters. He asked them how their economic concerns factored into their vote and what they're expecting the president-elect to do for them.

JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE⁵: Northampton County is a bellwether⁶ area. It's long voted for the winner in presidential elections. And it did so again on Tuesday. Chris Borick, director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion, says voters in the rural parts of the county showed up in big numbers to support Trump.

CHRIS BORICK: We saw the turnout go off the charts in areas that are more white, working-class. And in areas where it's more diverse, turnout wasn't bad, but it wasn't at the level that we saw in those white, working-class areas.

ZARROLI: And Borick says economics clearly played a part in the vote. The economy here used to be dominated by Bethlehem Steel, which closed in 1995, leaving a lot of people out of work. There's now a Sands Casino where the mill used to be.

This is not some depressed⁷ corner of the Rust Belt. The county is a mix of cement plants, office parks and, increasingly, bedroom communities for Greater Philadelphia and New York City. Still, there's a lot of economic anxiety here.

Inside the one-room headquarters of the County Republican Committee, Mary Barket cleans up some of the detritus⁸ left from Tuesday's celebration. Barket, who headed a pro-Trump women's group, is a volunteer for her church's help line.

MARY BARKET: I have had people calling in, and the conversation is, I never thought we'd find ourselves in this position. But my job was cut. And I'm having a hard time finding another position.

ZARROLI: Barket says Democrats lost because they've left those people behind, people such as Trump supporter Michael Hard.

MICHAEL HARD: I come from a very liberal family. So Thanksgiving is going to be awkward (laughter).

ZARROLI: In 2008, Hard, who's married with four kids, was laid off from his job at a paint company. He says automation made his job redundant⁹. Today he sells insurance and makes more money, but he also works longer hours. Standing¹⁰ outside a diner in Easton, he says the United States embraced the global economy too quickly.

HARD: Now we're seeing sort of the results of that. We have more people taking orders and less people making things these days. And I think that's something that people are tired of. They want opportunities.

ZARROLI: Hard wants Trump to slow down the pace of globalization or at least make an effort to do so.

HARD: If we don't see real, measurable progress within the first 18 months, that's going to spell doom¹¹ for him the next time he wants to be elected.

ZARROLI: Like a lot of supporters, Hard doesn't expect Trump to do everything he's promised. Keith Hornick works at a family-owned construction company in another part of the county. Fox News plays on the office TV. Small business owners tend to dislike government regulation, and Hornick is no exception. He says the Obama years have been especially onerous¹² for people like him, and he is expecting Trump to ease the burden. But his support for Trump is not unconditional¹³.

KEITH HORNICK: Why I like Trump so much is because he wasn't from in the Beltway. He was a complete outsider, never held political office. If he starts gravitating towards the ruling class in Washington - done. I'm done.

ZARROLI: Trump won Northhampton County by convincing voters such as Hornick he understands the problems they face. In the months ahead, they're going to be watching to see if he follows through on his promises. Jim Zarroli, NPR News.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 bellwether   

n.系铃的公羊，前导，领导者，群众的首领

参考例句：

• University campuses are often the bellwether of change.大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
• For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.几十年来，这家公司一直是英国经济的晴雨表。

7 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

8 detritus   

n.碎石

参考例句：

• Detritus usually consists of gravel, sand and clay.岩屑通常是由砂砾，沙和粘土组成的。
• A channel is no sooner cut than it chokes in its own detritus.一个河道刚被切割了不久，很快又被它自己的碎屑物质所充塞。

9 redundant   

adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的

参考例句：

• There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
• Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

11 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

12 onerous   

adj.繁重的

参考例句：

• My household duties were not particularly onerous.我的家务活并不繁重。
• This obligation sometimes proves onerous.这一义务有时被证明是艰巨的。

13 unconditional   

adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的

参考例句：

• The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
• My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。