Most of them have also consistently voted for the Dems because of unionization. Just like the rest of the unionized manufacturing base they are getting what they deserve.
I don’t get why any person employed in manufacturing or natural resources extraction/mining would ever vote for a Dem.
Too bad the rest of us must pay the price.
At least now they seem to have woken up. I remember one long time Democratic Congressman from southwest VA was defeated in 2010. See what happens in WV this year with the Senate race.