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→Cultural influence: Grammy award-winning, Trump-endorsing country singer Gretchen Wilson is from Pocahontas, Illinois.
President [[Donald Trump]]'s surprise victory in 2016 was due mostly to carrying Midwestern states previously won by [[Democrat]]s, including Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Future presidential elections are likely to be won or lost in the Midwest.
President [[Donald Trump]]'s surprise victory in 2016 was due mostly to carrying Midwestern states previously won by [[Democrat]]s, including Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Future presidential elections are likely to be won or lost in the Midwest.
Famous actors and actresses from the Midwest include [[Orson Welles]] (considered the most brilliant actor/director) [[Marlon Brando]] (dubbed the greatest movie actor ever),<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/?ref_=nmls_hd</ref> [[Clark Gable]], [[Judy Garland]],<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls058785257/</ref> [[Charlton Heston]] (Illinois), Dean Martin (Steubenville, Ohio), Spencer Tracy ([[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]), Florence Henderson (Indiana, the matriarch Carol on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''), [[Jane Russell]] (Minnesota), and Harrison Ford (Illinois). [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s mother was from a poor family in the Midwest.
Famous actors and actresses from the Midwest include [[Orson Welles]] (considered the most brilliant actor/director) [[Marlon Brando]] (dubbed the greatest movie actor ever),<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/?ref_=nmls_hd</ref> [[Clark Gable]], [[Judy Garland]],<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls058785257/</ref> [[Charlton Heston]] (Illinois), Dean Martin (Steubenville, Ohio), Spencer Tracy ([[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]), Florence Henderson (Indiana, the matriarch Carol on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''), [[Jane Russell]] (Minnesota), and Harrison Ford (Illinois). [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s mother was from a poor family in the Midwest. [[Grammy]] award-winning, [[Trump]]-endorsing country singer Gretchen Wilson is from Pocahontas, Illinois.
Star athletes from the Midwest are too numerous to list, but include Gale Sayers (football, from Kansas), Roger Staubach (football, Ohio), Larry Bird (basketball, Indiana), [[LeBron James]] (basketball, Ohio), [[Roger Maris]] ([[Minnesota]]), and Jimmy Connors (tennis, from southern Illinois). The rising [[NFL]] quarterback star Joe Burrow was born in [[Iowa]].
Star athletes from the Midwest are too numerous to list, but include Gale Sayers (football, from Kansas), Roger Staubach (football, Ohio), Larry Bird (basketball, Indiana), [[LeBron James]] (basketball, Ohio), [[Roger Maris]] ([[Minnesota]]), and Jimmy Connors (tennis, from southern Illinois). The rising [[NFL]] quarterback star Joe Burrow was born in [[Iowa]].