Not stupid., Freeloaders. WV is the Welfare State.
That's not entirely true.
Trust me, I'm originally from VA and thought the same way until I got up here and saw the problem first hand. These people are old style Democrats. They're socially very conservative and fiscally conservative in their personal lives, but they don't trust Republicans because the Republican party is linked to the Mine Owners, who have a very bad history up here. It's the same mindset that resulted in VA's 9th District electing Rick Boucher year after year after year. This State can be won, but it's going to take work at the local level to undo the damage that the Republican party did at the turn of the 20th Century.
Sad