Only socially. Economically, it's one of the least conservative states, being a New Deal Democrat stronghold. However, WV does have the coal factor, which makes it special.
True, but that's historically speaking. The GOP has gotten increasingly more comfortable with coal miners, and combined with "we're gonna put a lot of coal miners out of business," West Virginia is becoming a lost cause for the Democrats.
So Swearengin is an SJW, huh? Are you also implying that Justice Dems are SJWs, since they're the ones running Swearengin?
Yes.
This is honestly hilarious. First people say that Berniecrats are "brocialists" or "sexist Bernie Bros", the candidate of the young straight white male Redditor. Then people say that they're SJWs. I mean, at least be consistent in your attacks.
I've always considered Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, etc. to be SJWs. So I've been pretty consistent.
Just to be clear, I don't think Swearengin can beat Manchin in a primary, at least at this stage.
I made a Senate hit-list that Justice Dems should follow. This senate class has a lot of Third Way Dems, and I think if they played their cards right, they could significantly alter the course of the Democratic Party. List is in priority:
1. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) - insanely corrupt and quite unpopular, even though NJ is a solid Clinton state, I think many Clinton voters will vote for a strong Berniecrat over Menendez in a primary.
Nope, New Jersey still has suburban values. Berniecrats are virtually non-existent here.
2. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) - A New Democrat centrist who opposed the public option, in a state that is notoriously liberal and went strongly for Sanders. "But the WA primary" - eh, not really sufficient evidence, considering that it had absolutely zero weight whatsoever.
Reasonable target.
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - One of the Queens of neoliberalism. This one is quite a bit tougher, since CA is so large, but there's a lot of grassroots energy down in CA, so maybe it could happen.
Reasonable target.
4. Tom Carper (D-DE) - Served on the DLC. Delaware is a small, solidly blue state, but it has a history of electing moderates. Easily the toughest one.
Same situation as New Jersey. Also I could see Joe Biden coming out to support Carper.
