WV is a schizoid state.
[I can say that because half my kin come from there]
They left VA to become WV when TWONA started.
Then they become die hard Dems.
Now, despite “leaving the Confederacy”, there are more reb battle flags there than you can imagine.
They hate the ‘gubmint’ and ‘revenooers’ yet vote nearly lock step Dem.
They’re just now figuring out that Dems are not really Dems anymore.
W.MD [being merely The Gateway To WV] suffered the same delusion until fairly recently.
When people say “We’ll kick the Dems’ asses. We have all the guns!”, I *know* they have no dealings with WVians.
This has to be the weirdest area to live in, politically, ever.
:-\
Thanks for the insight.