Stop blaming Obama for the Democratic Party's rust belt woes. In 2008 he swept the rust belt states, and in 2012 he swept all but Indiana. If anything he is a Democratic outlier in the Rust Belt at the presidential level. I often hear Far Left Bernie people and Hillary people alike, along with mainstream media beltway “experts” lump Obama into the narritive despite the fact that his approval numbers were above 50% in every rust belt state in election day exit polls while Clinton was getting 45-48% of the vote in these states. People like to reach for easy narritives often without evidence. This was alot more about Clinton then many people seem to beleive.