Right now as it stands there hasn’t been a recent polls. I expect the polls are much closer at this point in both the Senate and Gov race. Raese is a long shot. He came close last time in his best showing but lost it at the end when Manchin realized he was threatened and figured out he’d have to run a race. I’ve met Raese and he really isn’t very personably which hurts him.
The way the GOP deals with WV really never makes sense. The media market is inexpensive, the people are easy to win over. They love guns, God, coal. The GOP could buy the state with what they are investing in more marginal races. Personally I’m not sure they want a John Raese in the Senate. I do think that Jay Rockefeller is going down if we find the right candidate to run against him.
Once Rahalls district falls to the GOP is all she wrote for Democrats in WV. That district has a lot of old blue loyalists but they are slowly shifting. The far left national Democrat party is fueling this shift.
I almost can’t believe they’d replace Jay. It’s time.
Most of my relatives in WV vote Republican - except the union members.
Some actually believe the union will have them fired if they vote anything other than dem.