Up next, the Democratic presidential primary contest moves to Indiana and North Carolina. Hoosiers and North Carolinians will go to the polls on May 6th.
Both of these states have felt the severe costs of NAFTA-style trade policies on their economies and their communities and voters will be thinking about trade policy when they go to the polls.
Here are the facts.
Indiana:
An LA Times/Bloomberg news poll found: 84% of Indiana Democratic primary voters think the economy is going very badly.
Among Indiana Democratic primary voters, 81% say the health of the nation's economy will play an important role in choosing a candidate.
58% of Hoosiers say "international free trade" has hurt the economy and only 20% say it has helped.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, during the NAFTA-WTO era, Indiana alone lost more than 102,000 manufacturing jobs.
In the 2006 midterm election, fair trader Joe Donnelly defeated pro-NAFTA status quo incumbent Chris Chocola and Brad Ellsworth won his IN-8 seat by campaigning against NAFTA-expansions (watch an ad run during his campaign here ).
North Carolina:
According to an LA Times/Bloomberg news poll : 84% of North Carolina Democratic primary voters think the economy is going very badly.
Among North Carolina Democratic primary voters, 84% say the health of the
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