• zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I know it’s cool to hate him and all, but can West Virginia actually do better than him?

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        1 year ago

        I’d disagree. Last year and this year proved to be a thorough rejection of the GOP’s fascist bullshit. If the Democrats had actually run candidates in the other off year elections this year in the deep south, I feel like we would have seen some purple poking through

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      lol no. In 2020 Biden lost WV by over 40 points and so did the Dem running for Senate there.

      The state legislature has an 89-11 Republican majority in the house of delegates and a 31-3 Republican majority in the Senate.

      And it’s only getting redder.

      That seat will be lost to republicans for generations. Manchin was only electable as a Dem because he was a very popular governor. He’s the only Dem in the state that could win it.

      People cheering for this are absolute fucking idiots.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah exactly. We are losing someone who votes with Dems like 80% of the time to an actual Republican who will be closer to 10%.