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California, Pa. I

F Hillary Clinton has any chance to win the Democratic nomination, it is because of places like this. California (there’s no agreed-on story about how the town got its name) is in the southwestern part of the state, which is sometimes referred to as “Pennsyltucky”-as much like Kentucky as Pennsylvania. Washington County, in which California is located, is 95 percent white; 81 percent of its adult residents do not have a college degree; and its median household income is $37,607. You’ve heard about those “working class” voters Barack Obama can’t reach? Here they are.

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Byron York

Byron York is a former White House correspondent for National Review.

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California, Pa. I

F Hillary Clinton has any chance to win the Democratic nomination, it is because of places like this. California (there’s no agreed-on story about how the town got its name) is in the southwestern part of the state, which is sometimes referred to as “Pennsyltucky”-as much like Kentucky as Pennsylvania. Washington County, in which California is located, is 95 percent white; 81 percent of its adult residents do not have a college degree; and its median household income is $37,607. You’ve heard about those “working class” voters Barack Obama can’t reach? Here they are.