Forget the Rust Belt or the Sun Belt. The ‘Wired Belt’ may be the next frontier of political power0

• Business, Economy, Finance
• May 11, 2026

The laid-off factory worker from Youngstown, Ohio, became the defining figure of American politics for the past two decades. The jobless financial professional from Philadelphia’s suburbs could be the defining figure of the future, and their demands may be harder to ignore. That’s the warning from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. The American AI