(WV) Endorsing A Long Shot: Rachel Anderson For Senate From West Virginia

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2. Good post, I know some about the changes and history esp the decline of democratic voters,

the steady loss of union strength that was powerful for decades and population loss. Good luck to Anderson, we'll see how it goes.

Interesting that some cult followers you know are waning in areas. It's about time.

Richard Ojeda. I liked what I knew of him from when he ran years ago. In the last campaign he didn't gain enough turnout and moved to N.C. Loss for WV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ojeda

The direction of WV politics has moved dramatically since FDR's New Deal, John L Lewis as head of the UMW, JFK's win there in 1960 and the Great Society of LBJ. It was a solid Democratic state for decades.
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-'Wiki. - Politics of West Virginia

From the time of the Great Depression through the 1990s, the politics of West Virginia were largely dominated by the Democratic Party.
In the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush claimed a surprise victory over Al Gore, with 52% of the vote; he won West Virginia again in 2004, with 56% of the vote. West Virginia is now a heavily Republican state, with John McCain winning the state in 2008, Mitt Romney in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Before 2000, West Virginia had voted almost exclusively Democratic in each presidential election starting in 1932, only voting Republican amidst national landslides in 1956, 1972, and 1984. However starting with the 2000 election, West Virginia began a sharp realignment from mostly supporting Democrats to mostly supporting Republicans...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_West_Virginia
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Important summary, thanks. The poverty and WV diaspora continue.

- West Virginia is one of the poorest states in the country, it is losing jobs and population regularly, and it has been since 1950. It is one of the most ignored areas of the country by politicians, and I cannot fathom how misinformed and ignorant the majority of the population must be, when they continuously vote against all of their own interests every election cycle, electing patrician politicians like Moore-Capito who vote for legislation that helps increase the poverty, does nothing to decrease unemployment or business development, and which continues to contribute to people leaving the state in droves.