When will West Virginia elect a social liberal?

[Free Bird]

West Virginia is the state that has by far done the biggest shift politically in the last decade. Even so, even their Democrats are socially conservative. When will they elect a socially liberal Republican, because it is clear that all that has to happen is for Manchin's seat to be vacant, and then that seat flips.

[International Brotherhood of Bernard]

IIRC Shelley Moore Capito is pro-choice, so they may have already somewhat done so (though I don't know how socially liberal she is otherwise).

[Vosem]

Shelly Capito is pro-choice, and probably counts as a "relative" social liberal in today's Republican Party.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Define "social liberal."

As WV has gone more Republican lately, the Democrats that get elected will if anything have to be more conservative than they were before.  They have to convince people that they are not that kind of Democrat.  Byrd, and especially Rockefeller, were able to vote as liberally as they did because WV were familiar and comfortable with them, going back to the a time when the Democratic party candidate could count on greater support.  Tomblin could face some trouble meanwhile for his veto of abortion restrictions.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Shelly Moore Capito, a pro-choice "moderate" business Republican, still seems like such an awful fit for West Virginia where they like both their Democrats and Republicans to be socons. Their hatred for the black man in the White House is really making West Virginians crazy.

[Boston Bread]

They did in 2008, Jay Rockefeller.

[Free Bird]

They did in 2008, Jay Rockefeller.

Popular forever incumbent

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

Byrd was also pro-choice wasn't he?

SMC is pro-choice and will probably flip on same sex marriage in a decade or so. And I could see her voting for a non-insane comprehensive immigration reform bill of some sort.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Byrd was also pro-choice wasn't he?

SMC is pro-choice and will probably flip on same sex marriage in a decade or so. And I could see her voting for a non-insane comprehensive immigration reform bill of some sort.

Her house record would indicate otherwise and she was endorsed by Fair or whatever it is called, or at least a local chapter of it.

[Türkisblau]

Shelly Moore Capito, a pro-choice "moderate" business Republican, still seems like such an awful fit for West Virginia where they like both their Democrats and Republicans to be socons. Their hatred for the black man in the White House is really making West Virginians crazy.

This mindset is the exact reason why the democrats have so completely failed in the recent past. Somehow the complete failure of messaging of the democrats is all of a sudden turned into West Virginians suddenly turning into Republicans after over a hundred years, even after the rest of the South went Republican, because racism.

Democrats were successful in the past because we had a big tent, and nowadays it seems that more and more groups are becoming alienated from the party. Just stop.