‘It’s powerful’: how John Fetterman’s hoodie won the popular vote in Pennsylvania

Even as detractors portrayed him as a bum', senator-elect's clothing summed up beliefs, says sociologist

By his own admission, Pennsylvania's new senator-elect, John Fetterman, does not look like a typical politician".

Just over 6ft 8in with a goatee, tattoos on his forearms and a strong tendency toward workwear (for his official portrait, he chose to sit in a creased, grey Dickies camp shirt in front of the US flag), Fetterman has been described as the state's first workwear senator" as well as a dude in shorts".