# FDR made it a blue bastion – now it’s Trump’s stronghold in California. Is it forever lost?

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-25T13:00:03+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/25/democrats-california-shasta-county-trump
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/fdr-made-it-a-blue-bastion-now-it-s-trump-s-stronghold-in-california-i-e359ca/

Shasta has embraced the Maga movement with gusto – can Democrats ever win back the rural, working-class voters they once relied upon? A crucial election was approaching and the country was desperate. Despite promises that economic conditions were improving, nearly a quarter of the US was out of work as voters headed to the polls in 1932. It was the darkest time since the civil war, a period so dir

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