Diversified Energy employees stand by natural gas well in Franklin Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 2024. Once a Democratic stronghold with a strong union presence, Washington County has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2008. Trump's strong support for fracking has helped him here as it has across the Appalachia region, where a controversial shale gas boom since 2008 minted millionaires almost overnight and created rare, well-paying blue-collar jobs in an area ...