West Virginia: A blue state’s road to red

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Your average state voter

http://wvpublic.org/post/residents-suddenly-left-without-clean-water-dispute-mine-company#stream/0

“As a governor, I think he’s doing a good job. I like him myself, I voted for the man,” Browning said. “So I’d appreciate it if he’d just take care of our water situation, you know? That’d be nice.”

Like many in the area, both families have connections to the mining industry.

“None of us in this lawsuit is against the coal mining company. I mean, that’s the way of life here in West Virginia,” Walker said. “Only thing we have a problem with is they’re damaging our resources to our natural water, and we want them to clean the mess up.”

My goodness.

Well, I might as well keep my mouth shut.

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Democrats long held the political system,  but while winning West Virginia depended upon getting the votes of miners, Democrats underinvested in such things as education, public health, and roads.  Once the coal was gone, Republicans got to take advantage of years of neglect of such things.

Given the candidates WV voters seem most enthusiastic about, they seem to be determined to double down on coal despite the reality.

Yep, unfortunately.