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Forget the Rust Belt or the Sun Belt. The ‘Wired Belt’ may be the next frontier of American political power
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The laid-off factory worker from Youngstown, Ohio, became the defining figure of American politics for the past two decades.
Key facts
- In an extreme scenario where AI can replace a larger share of labor, that figure rises to $1.5 trillion
- Chakravorti said in a recent essay in the Financial Times that one-sixth of vulnerable jobs exist in swing states, representing an estimated $119.5 billion in income — These are the regions that everyone comes to know during each presidential election: Bucks County, Pa.; Gwinnett County, Ga., or Maricopa County, Ariz
- In 2024, Trump won Wisconsin by roughly 29,000 votes
Summary
Bhaskar Chakravorti, the dean of global business at Tufts University’s Fletcher School and the study’s lead researcher, said that with the proper organization, these workers will become a stronger political force than any the U.S. has seen in recent decades. “These are people who are on LinkedIn,” he told Fortune. The looming threat of AI automation has struck a chord with millions of Americans. The study estimates that 9.3 million jobs are vulnerable to AI automation across the country.