Posted on 05/09/2016 6:02:10 AM PDT by rktman
It’s no shocker that Hillary Clinton isn’t popular in West Virginia. In fact, no one from national Democratic circles, like President Obama, Nancy Pelosi etc., is popular here. Obama didn’t win a single county in the Mountain State in 2012, and the last time West Virginia went Democratic was 1996. Clinton’s remarks that she was going to put coal miners out of business did not sit well with the residents of Logan County, where Democrats outnumber Republicans. In fact, CNN was hard pressed to find really any Democrat who supported Clinton—they’re all voting for Trump.
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It’s a holdover from the big miners union/mine owners fights of the early 20th century.
My grandfather was a West (by GOD) Virginia coal miner and a lifelong Democrat.
Old fashioned and conservative as hell, but still a democrat.
He would cheerfully shoot all of what are called democrats today, and call it justified.
Doing my part!
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