Poll: West Virginians approve of Dem senator more than Trump
Source: The Hill
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 08/31/17 11:22 AM EDT
West Virginia voters are more likely to approve of their Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin than President Trump, according to a MetroNews West Virginia poll released on Thursday.
Fifty-one percent of West Virginia voters polled said they approved of Manchin, while 48 percent approved of Trump.
West Virginia gave Trump his highest margin of victory in the 2016 election; he won nearly 69 percent of the vote there.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) trailed her Democratic counterpart, with 40 percent of voters polled saying the approved of the Republican.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348694-poll-west-virginians-approve-of-dem-senator-more-than-trump
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Mining jobs! Border wall! Deport Latinos! Repeal ACA! How's that conservative neo-Nazi shit workin' out for ya, West Virginia? Kentucky? Anybody?
paleotn
(17,931 posts)it appears he's cooked. Time to go now, Twittler. What more would it take? Negative approval ratings in Wyoming and Mississippi?
FakeNoose
(32,656 posts)Why has the Democratic Party turned its back on these people?
If there's ever an opportunity to win voter loyalty - West Virginia is ripe for the picking.
Just do something to help these people and they'll vote blue forever.
Look at how easy it was for Cheeto to stomp in there and hand them a bunch of lies.
He doesn't give a shit about them.