(CNN) In the wake of Donald Trump's surprise election win in 2016, CNN's Van Jones went on a journey of discovery across America to understand why voters sent Trump to Washington. But a number of plant closings and layoffs here, especially during Obama's second term, helped deliver the county to Trump in 2016. "We put Democrats in office and she turned around and forgot completely about us," Seitz told Van Jones back in 2016. In 2016, while Trump only garnered 6% of the black vote in Michigan, support from voters like Curtis helped Trump win the state by less than 11,000 votes. "My whole reasoning for voting for Trump was not because of policies but the presence of Trump," said Lardieri.

Source: CNN June 19, 2020 21:56 UTC