John Harwood – These charts show how Democrats represent the growing modern economy – and how Republicans are left behind

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Well, I don't like the warmongering Democrats much, but they seem to represent a more robust and growing economy, while the Republicans win seats in the red rural states. This divide is slowing the US down, says John Harwood, but the Republicans won't let the government spend more money on the red states to bring them up to speed as the Democrats would like, for instance, by spending more money on training. Among other results, this year's midterm elections affirmed this much: in Washington, the two parties now speak for dramatically different segments of the American economy. Republicans represent the smaller, fading segment, with less-educated, more-homogenous work forces reliant on traditional manufacturing, agriculture and resource extraction. Democrats represent the larger, growing

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