West Virginia - 62% Romney, all county sweep, fifth most Republican state

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I am a little surprised that the anti-Obama swing was strong enough in the pandhandles (and nearby areas like Southwest PA) to flip those counties too.  I expected Obama to squeak out Monogalia if nothing else, because hey it's a college town and there isn't coal there.  But no.

There's a smaller but still pretty big mining basin around Monongalia County:

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