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4. Culturally, it is a Republican state

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 06:41 AM

Oct 2013

God, gays, guns, abortion--fully in line with the Republican base.

Throw in the Democrats' trend towards becoming a multicultural, multiracial party symbolized by running a black guy for President, and it was a done deal for a state not known for its embrace of cultural diversity and forward thinking (really think Clinton's 50 point win over Obama was due to policy???)

And, of course, the generally pro- carbon pollution bias of the voters there is what set this all up starting in 2000.

Some marriages are doomed to fail, and the DNC-WV fallout was inevitable.

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A blue state’s road to red (West Virginia, article in WaPo) [View all] steve2470 Oct 2013 OP

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