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In Middleborough, most voters welcome Trump’s victory

Lawrence Pease walked around downtown Middleborough on Wednesday. Pease, 67, said he wanted a president who was different and would tighten immigration policies. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe

By The Boston Globe

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MIDDLEBOROUGH — People across Massachusetts met Donald Trump’s victory with general shock and dismay. But in this working-class, reliably Republican town, Trump’s stunning election felt like a new day.

Along downtown streets here, Trump supporters said they are desperate for change, fed up with feeling forgotten by the federal government and betrayed by politicians. For them, a Trump presidency carries a sense of possibility.

“I’m feeling hope for the future,” said Steven Meleo, 61, a downtown business owner. Trump’s election provided the “opening that we need for something new” to take hold, he said.

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