I left something out of my other posts on this subject lately, and it's that honestly, in my opinion, they kind of have a right to be angry. Obviously I hate that they're forcing Trump onto the rest of us, but can you blame them for giving up on this country? Look what it's done to their homes.
Honestly, yeah. I don’t blame the bitterness/resentment. I think in many ways it’s justified. But oddly enough they tend to have a lot of patriotism, but that’s very much a part of the culture. Guns, trucks, cowboy boots, and ‘Merica
They have patriotism, but if you listen closely it's more like, "This was a great country once, now it's gone." That kind of thing. They don't have good things to say about the US right now.
You really want to see this sentiment go to in Indiana old car manufacturing middle-sized cities where the carmakers have left: New Castle, Kokomo, Anderson, Muncie, South Bend. These are old UAW towns. They're proud of where they live due to friends and family connections and they want the place to succeed. It's one thing I learned moving here from Notth Carolina, the sense of community of "we're all in this together" is much stronger here.