Awaiting a revival in Trump country

Crawford County, Wisconsin, was one of the Democratic strongholds that helped give Donald Trump the White House. Now residents are waiting for the president's promised economic renaissance.

Lydia Holt, left, talks her stepson, Carter, 7, in Wauzeka, Wisconsin on Jan. 17, 2017.
(Image credit: AP Photo/David Goldman)

She tugged 13 envelopes from a cabinet above the stove, each one labeled with a different debt: the house payment, the student loans, the vacuum cleaner she bought on credit.

Lydia Holt and her husband tuck money into these envelopes with each paycheck to whittle away at what they owe. They both earn about $10 an hour, and with two kids, there are usually some they can't fill. She did the math; at this rate, they'll be paying these same bills for 87 years.

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