JUSTIN, THE DEALER // Upper Sandusky, Ohio
“Trump makes me want to take a shower every time he talks.”
Justin smokes a cigarette in the rocking chair outside of Woods’ Antiques ‘n More, where he’s been working as an antiques dealer since his manufacturing plant shut down and moved to Florida for cheaper labor — nine dollars an hour. “That’s how I lost my job.” The local economy seems pretty strong, however, all things considered. “There are a lot of factories around here and [people] are all working OT.”
Justin thinks President Obama “did alright. I think he gets a whole lot of grief just because he’s black.” A past supporter of Ross Perot and Ron Paul, he really liked Bernie in the primaries, “He seemed to me like the most intelligent and nobody had any dirt on him.”
If he were voting, Justin says he’d vote Hillary, despite a strong skepticism of her “trust issues.” But, he plans not to vote. “I don’t see why we have political parties altogether. It’s silly.”
Justin takes out his phone and chuckles at a video called “Trump vs. Trump”.
Upper Sandusky, OH:
• City Population: 6,596.
• Per capita income: $21,781.
• 93.7% white, 4.3% Latino.
• Percentage below poverty line: 22.3%.