Manchin is terrible but he's the best we can expect from West Virginia. New York, New Jersey, and Maryland can do better though.
I reject this. Sure, the current Democratic Party is not a good fit for West Virginia, but the state is not inherently conservative by any means. The right left-wing arguments could sway it.
The problem is when West Virginians realize that what you're telling the other states (for example the states that like environmentalism more), isn't the same as what you're telling their state.
Yeah, 84285 is correct. Telling West Virginians something different than the rest of the country is what happens now, and it's not the best strategy from a left-wing standpoint. It's not as if West Virginia is a particularly pro-Israel state (it did produce Nick Rahall, one of the most pro-Palestine politicians out there). Its history as a primarily working class state had given it a more left leaning history and a strong relationship with labor unions that the Democrats don't bother to take advantage of (because the Democrats aren't really attached to organized labor at all, tbh). The WV Democratic Party has actually contributed to the very flawed mentality about coal that pervades Appalachian politics: you're either in favor of coal, or you've declared on a war on it. The region's relationship with coal has not been an entirely positive one; in fact it's been negative in several aspects. That's what the Democrats ought to focus on if they want to reverse the area's attitudes on environmentalism and left-wing politics
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