audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - Donald Trump is going to be the next president of the United States. The billionaire businessman who never before held elected office shocked America and the world, defeating Hillary Clinton in an extraordinary rebuke to the nation's political class after an ugly and divisive race that will go down as the most stunning upset in American history. The election is over but it has revealed a country sharply divided. McDowell is a mountain county in the Southern part of West Virginia, which became one of the strongholds of the president-elect. Trump swept West Virginia and hammered Hillary in McDowell by taking 91.5% in the republican primaries and 76% of the vote in the general elections. Hillary Clinton only received 23% of the vote in the county. The once prosperous and bustling McDowell county was established at 1858 and grew to 100,000 residents in the 1950-60's, back when coal mines ran 3 shifts a day. Today with almost all the mines closed unemployment is more than double the national average. McDowell County ranks second from the bottom in the life expectancy of both male and female residents. Males lived an average of 63.5 years and females lived an average of 71.5 years. These images show the view of voters in West Virginia coal country.
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - JACK BAILEY, of Welch, 'I'm a registered Democrat, but the Democratic Party ain't for the working people anymore. Hillary Clinton lied on so many issues that I can't trust her for anything.'
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in the 1980s, the central Appalachian region lost more than 70,000 coal mining jobs and no county was more severely distressed by these losses than McDowell County.
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - One of the three remaining coal mining companies in the city of Welch.
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November 14, 2016 - Kimball, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - JOHN BELCHER, of Kimball, says 'In this election we had two shitty choices and we chose the shit that stunk less.'
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November 13, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - LYDIA MORGAN, a small business owner in Welch, says 'I voted for Trump because I like that he says what he thinks no matter what. I am like that too. Also, I couldn't disagree more with Hillary Clinton in the abortion issue.'
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, West Virginia, U.S. - In 2013, McDowell County ranked second from the bottom in the life expectancy of both male and female residents. Males in McDowell County lived an average of 63.5 years and females lived an average of 71.5 years.
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November 14, 2016 - Kimball, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - MICHAEL ACOSTA, of Kimball, says 'The politicians for the last few years are taking our jobs and put everybody to unemployment. They want us to live with unemployment benefits so that they can control us. I don't want their money; I want a job. I voted for Trump, because I think he will fix the economy, not only here, but in the whole country.'
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - The house of Burks in Welch. PIT BURKS says 'Hillary Clinton left me no choice. Her stance against the mining industry would be a disaster for my city, me and my family.'
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November 14, 2016 - McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - CECIL DALE PATTERSON, McDowell County Commissioner, says 'All these years we voted for politicians that promised everything and did nothing. Our county is dying and nobody cares. So, this time we voted for somebody out of this group. I don't know if he will do what he said, but let's give this man a chance. Look at us, we have nothing to lose!'
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - McDowell county was established at 1858. Since then, the main source of income for its residents is derived from coal mining industry. During the 1950s and 1960s, the population was boomed and reached more than 100,000 residents. After that period, though, the mining industry started to go down and the population started to decline. Today, the county has almost 20,000 residents.
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November 14, 2016 - McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - As the poverty is rising, drug trafficking and addiction became a major problem in McDowell County. GARY GILBERT was a drug addict for more than 20 years and the last two years is clean; as he said 'Life here is really hard. There are no jobs, no money, no future. So, when you are high you don't feel the depression, you are happy. I couldn't vote but if I could I will vote for Trump cause I believe he will bring back our jobs.'
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November 14, 2016 - McDowell county, West Virginia, U.S. - In the 1990s, the United States Steel Corporation closed all mines and facilities operated in McDowell county, terminating more than 1,200 jobs.
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November 13, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - PAT MCKINWEY, police Chief at the city of Welch, with his daughter KARA, says 'We had two candidates in this election and one of them said that she was going to shut down all the mining business in the country. The people of Welch live from the mining industry. So they did what they had to do to protect their jobs and their families. We love this place and we don't want to leave. But if there are no mining jobs, there is nothing else to do up here.'
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November 14, 2016 - Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, U.S. - ED SHERADON, 93 years old, and a WWII veteran, who lives in Welch says 'I didn't vote in this Election. I see no meaning of this. Whoever goes to the White House will do whatever he/she wants to do and won't give a damn about us.'
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