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The view from Middletown

Get updates on Gary Younge's latest investigation in which he spends a month in the heart of the midwest, reporting on the issues laid bare by the presidential election

16 November 2016

  • A Trump, Pence sign outside a house near downtown Muncie, Indiana

    The view from Middletown: final thoughts on Trump's victory

    After a month in Muncie in the run-up to the election, I won’t claim to have predicted the election result. But it wasn’t a complete surprise, either

8 November 2016

  • Corner of Walnut Street and E Charles StMuncie residents gather at the corner of Walnut Street and E Charles Street during a ‘First Thursday’ Arts Walk event.

    The view from Middletown: 'More than any other election, people want it to be over'

    In my month in Muncie, Indiana, I’ve met many voters who loathe both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

3 November 2016

  • Corner of Walnut Street and E Charles Street, downtown Muncie during a First Thursday Arts Walk event.

    The view from Middletown: 'This election has revealed a divided America'

  • Local residents and students on a float during the Homecoming parade in Muncie, IN

    The view from Middletown: 'People feel let down by their politicians' – video

1 November 2016

  • Hillary Clinton at a California primary night rally in Brooklyn.

    The view from Middletown: 'The perfect female presidential candidate doesn't exist'

    America could be on the brink of electing its first female president but women in Muncie are divided on Hillary Clinton

27 October 2016

  • JR Jamison and his father David talk to Gary Younge about the 2016 elections.

    The view from Middletown: 'Trump speaks to us in a way other people don’t'

    Republican voters in Muncie voice frustration that no one is speaking up for them and disdain for Clinton in equal measures, says Gary Younge

25 October 2016

  • The disused BorgWarner factory in Muncie, Indiana.

    The view from Middletown: Muncie's forgotten factories

    David Levene’s images of Muncie’s abandoned industrial sites tell a larger story about the de-industrialisation of the American midwest, says Gary Younge

20 October 2016

  • Democrat supporters in Muncie, Indiana, USA. Photograph by David Levene 4/10/16

    The view from Middletown: For the Bernie believers, a vote for Clinton does not come easy

    The Sanders revolution still burns bright in Muncie – where will his supporters turn now the two main parties seem to offer ‘different flavors of the same thing’, asks Gary Younge

18 October 2016

  • Emerson School group, possibly a YMCA bible school class, 1923

    The view from Middletown: a typical US city that never did exist

    The landmark social study that gave Muncie its place in history also presented America with an image of itself that was both familiar and distorted, says Gary Younge

13 October 2016

  • Former Drive-Thru on Memorial Drive, Muncie.

    The view from Middletown: voters seem embarrassed – not angry

    As I begin to explore Muncie, built on manufacturing and now working to reinvigorate itself, it’s surprising how rarely the presidential election comes up, says Gary Younge

11 October 2016

  • Greeting card from Muncie, Indiana, ca 1941

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