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In this W.Va. coal town, there’s little debate over presidential race
WV Metro News ^ | September 26, 2016 | Brad McElhinny

Posted on 09/26/2016 3:35:07 PM PDT by buckalfa

WHARTON, W.Va. — In the coal community of Clinton Camp, not many are in Clinton’s camp.

“Nobody likes Hillary around here,” said 77-year-old retired coal miner Darrell Bower, who was watering his lawn last week. “Everybody in my family and everyone I know is going to vote for Trump.”

Millions of Americans are expected to tune in tonight to the first presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump, the least-liked presidential candidates ever.

In Clinton Camp, an unincorporated area of Wharton where the homes were constructed as a coal camp in the late 1940s, not much indecision over the presidential race remains, if it ever existed.

As with the majority of West Virginians, the pick here in this struggling coal community is Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at wvmetronews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: coal; election; trump; wv
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This is an example of traditional flyover American community that feels abandoned by Clinton and the political party of their forbearers. Out of desperation they will for Trump. This is why tonight's debate and the subsequent election is so important in bringing hope and opportunity back to the hinterlands.
1 posted on 09/26/2016 3:35:07 PM PDT by buckalfa
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...abandoned by Clinton?...
Kicked to the curb is More precise.


2 posted on 09/26/2016 3:44:30 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: buckalfa

How is Trump one of the least-liked candidates ever when he defeated 16 other contenders and won more primary votes than any Republican in history?


3 posted on 09/26/2016 3:50:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Sasparilla
"Kicked to the curb is More precise."

I'd say "kicked in the face" is more accurate.

Obama, Bill and Hillary have mocked "coal people" mercilessly.

We're going to put you out of business.

The coal industry is dying.

You'll have to go find something else to do, besides mine that dirty fuel source that is ruining mother earth, etc.

4 posted on 09/26/2016 3:51:06 PM PDT by boop (Jimi Hendrix: "Are You Deplorable?")
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Because the liberals in the media, in the New York/Washington axis, have decreed that he is the least liked candidate in history.


5 posted on 09/26/2016 3:52:51 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Least liked in the MSM, they mean.


6 posted on 09/26/2016 3:54:18 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The RELIGION of PEDOPHILIA...)
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To: buckalfa
West Virginians expressed their opinion of Hillary Clinton during her visit. From a friend of a friend the folks "saluting" Hillary were lined up on the sidewalk.

Here's a picture of one indicating she's number "one". I doubt she'll ever be back. FWIW, Obama never campaigned in WV.


7 posted on 09/26/2016 3:57:46 PM PDT by meatloaf (I am one irritated Vet.)
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These folks live in the heart of UMWA country. They are yellow dog democrats. I would bet many still have pictures of FDR and JFK sitting on their mantels. Trump's wealth and "up east persona" does not sit well in rural areas of many states. The purpose of the article was to show their angst with Clinton in the coming election and how Trump is gaining support despite not being well liked.
8 posted on 09/26/2016 4:00:55 PM PDT by buckalfa (I am deplorable.)
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To: buckalfa

the least-liked presidential candidates ever.
________________________________

What’s this guy smoking ???

Trump is liked much more than Willard ever was...


9 posted on 09/26/2016 4:06:42 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: buckalfa

She denigrates them and their work and their product, almost seems embarrassed that they exist. What’s not to like?


10 posted on 09/26/2016 4:09:38 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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How?
Public schools.


11 posted on 09/26/2016 4:10:26 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Sasparilla

How long did they search to find a distressed coal town with the name of Clinton in it?????


12 posted on 09/26/2016 4:28:38 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Wouldn’t be hard. Just start with all the towns with “Clinton” in the name (from Google Maps or the index of an atlas). Filter for the ones in WV, KY, PA, OH or WY. Probably 5-10 total, maybe 20 max. Many of these will be coal towns. Any that are coal towns will be distressed. Half an hour tops.


13 posted on 09/26/2016 4:48:00 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: buckalfa

But they voted for Obama twice.


14 posted on 09/26/2016 5:09:14 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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But they voted for Obama twice.

Your absolute ignorance is astounding!!! How can you even know to breath?!?!?! Not only has WV NOT voted for a RAT for POTUS since 1996, in 2012 not one of its 55 counties voted for Zer0! Even among the RATS in WV, in the 2012 Dem. primary, Zer0 defeated a convicted and imprisoned felon by less than 18%

15 posted on 09/26/2016 5:19:49 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: buckalfa
Trump is going to sweep the Rust Belt this November. He's taken the Democrat message on trade and jobs and put it on steroids. Meanwhile, the Democrats have gotten completely in bed with their Globalist masters and have abandoned the working man they purport to represent.


16 posted on 09/26/2016 5:23:01 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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To: Roccus

Oh, really? Despite Obama promising to shut down the mines, the United Mine Worker’s homepage was totally Obama both times.


17 posted on 09/26/2016 5:33:33 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: meatloaf

Didn’t Richard M. Nixon write off WV to JFK?


18 posted on 09/26/2016 5:44:06 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: bgill
SO WHAT?!?!?!

You said

But they voted for Obama twice.

and that is straight out bullshit!

19 posted on 09/26/2016 5:52:27 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Theodore R.

Yeah, more than half a century ago.


20 posted on 09/26/2016 5:54:06 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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