Butler, a onetime industrial hub north of Pittsburgh, is a Republican stronghold.

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Butler, a onetime industrial hub north of Pittsburgh, is a *********** stronghold.

The city of Butler, a blue-collar town that was built on steel, has been trying to get a foothold economically in recent years after struggling to reinvent itself following a loss of industry in recent decades.

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, it is perched on the banks of Connoquenessing Creek, about a 50-minute drive northeast of Pittsburgh. The city ******** fairly blue-collar, with a

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compared with the nation and the rest of Pennsylvania.

But the county that the city sits within has been changing over time, becoming both more educated and more prosperous. Broader Butler County ******** 95 percent white, according to the

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, but the nonwhite share of the population has been slowly growing. The county has been becoming more heavily educated — about 38 percent of adults there now have a bachelor’s degree, slightly higher than

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of 34 percent.

The county’s unemployment rate is well below the national level: just

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But even as it changes, the county retains large swaths of rural farmland and wooded forests. **** ownership in that corner of Western Pennsylvania

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, and hunting is such a major pastime there that local schools long took off the first day of deer season.

The area skews heavily ***********, and Trump signs dot local roadsides.

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from the local Bureau of Elections shows that just under 40,000 Democrats are registered in the country, and nearly 80,000 Republicans are. About 20,000 voters are registered as members of neither party.

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