Trump’s Anti-NATO Stance and Praise for Putin May Haunt Him

While people in Eastern Europe do not vote in this election, Polish Americans, Latvian Americans, Ukrainian Americans, Albanian Americans and other Americans with roots in countries that feel threatened by an aggressive Russia do. Many of these voters are part of the very demographic groups upon whom Mr. Trump is relying for his victory margin against Hillary Clinton. Mr. Trump needs a record proportion of white votes to win this election; and he particularly needs them in states of the upper midwest like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that have long had large numbers of voters with roots in Eastern Europe.