CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa.—Donald Trump’s road
to the White House begins here: on a four-lane highway, just east of
Pittsburgh, past the roadside taverns, burned-out gas stations, and
parking lots choked with weeds, up into the dark fingers of the
Allegheny Mountains, and then down into the valley that was once home to
steelworkers, coal miners and party-line Democrats.
Regis Karlheim once counted himself among that third group. A farmer’s son, Karlheim grew up doing two things: voting Democratic and growing potatoes. “It was a lot of good years in potatoes,” he said. “Everybody and their brother grew potatoes in Cambria County.”
Regis Karlheim once counted himself among that third group. A farmer’s son, Karlheim grew up doing two things: voting Democratic and growing potatoes. “It was a lot of good years in potatoes,” he said. “Everybody and their brother grew potatoes in Cambria County.”
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