The Rust Belt strategy was brilliant. Trump swept to easy victories in Indiana and Ohio. Narrow victories in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and a very competitive and narrow defeat in Minnesota. Just an astounding feat and one that should favor Republicans in future electoral maps. We finally broke the Democratic hold on the EC and claimed a new battleground. Going forward, we need to hold Florida and the Carolinas. Virginia will be tough, as NOVA and it’s government employees will be a Dem stronghold.
Note that a reduction in govt employment might empty NOVA.