Voters here and also to an even larger degree in West Virginia are in a political land that time forgot. They accidentally only vote Republican sometimes and still act like it’s 1935 and FDR is still running the DNC. They want both guns AND food stamps.
I think WV has finally moved past that with GOP super-majorities in both Houses of the legislature. It’s possible we could backslide but I don’t see any WV Rat with the charisma or a national Rat with charisma to do it.
May I borrow that phrase. Having lived and worked in both states, that sums up the political trends in both states.