West Virginia Megathread

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Tennant won't probably run, but she's our best candidate to hold this seat!

I was unaware that Tennant was a member of the French Socialist Party .

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http://wvmetronews.com/2013/08/10/tennant-for-u-s-senate/

She is not going to win, and even if she is the best candidate, she still will lose by 7-10 points.

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Woah, woah, woah. We made a HUGE mistake in this thread-why did we not kick it off with the traditional singing of Country Roads?

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Was playing around with Atlas and saw that the peak year for voting in WV was 1952 when they cast 873,000 votes for President.  In 2012 it was 670,000.  It's the only state that cast fewer votes in 2012 than in 1952, not Kansas, not Rhode Island.  Only state to cast fewer votes and it cast almost 25% less.  It's not been a steady decline, but it's still amazing how long the WV decline/inability to reinvent itself has been going on.

Yeah West Virginia just really, really sucks.

I should insult you for insulting my family’s home state, but alas, people are indeed leaving in droves.

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Former WV SoS Helen Holt (R), the first woman to hold the position, crosses over to endorse Tennant.

She is still alive??