I just spent a few days in Youngstown Ohio. It was remarkable to see how the
election is being fought for hardest where it matters most. Ever wondered what it looks like? Check out a few snapshots below.
Fall in Youngstown OH, a state long acknowledged as a key battleground. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
Fall in Youngstown OH, a state long acknowledged as a key battleground. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Few suburbs are thriving in a city where the loss of steel mill
jobs has crippled the local economy. Many see this election and the coming years as the last chance to turn around the city's fortunes. (Photo by Mark Dolley).
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Schwebel's bread is now taken directly by 18-wheeler truck to
supermarket distribution centers, leaving its traditional bread vans to rust as small retail businesses shutter. Penny conscious shoppers are flocking in increasing numbers, meanwhile, to the bakery's outlet store. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Near downtown, old factories lie derelict. This Isaly's dairy, where the first Klondike ice cream bars were made, is now a storage facility for consumers' surplus stuff. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Staunch Catholicism has helped maintain loyalty among the Republican base, as evidenced by this monument to "the victims of Roe vs. Wade" in front of Saint Dominic's. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Phillip Raptis, owner of the Yankee Kitchen diner, poses with the
photos he has plastered across his walls since the Obamas and the Bidens visited in August. Proud of his Greek sense of hospitality, he refused to let them pay for
breakfast. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Obama volunteer Amy Sanor reads up on policy in the local campaign office before going door-to-door. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Recycling at the Obama campaign office, housed in a former discount mattress outlet, amid vacant, decaying storefronts. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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How to persuade an electorate, one vote at a time. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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Perennial Democratic candidate for public office and retired auto worker Joe Teague, holds up a signed copy of The Vindicator as early voting takes place in a Youngstown suburb. (Photo by Mark Dolley)
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