How would you vote in the West Virginia Senate election, 1958?
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Robert Byrd (D)		  
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W. Chapman Revercomb (R)		  
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« on: October 27, 2016, 02:24:43 PM »
Without a hindsight, of course.

Incumbent Revercomb ran as a strong supporter of civil rights, which was a major issue, fundamentally distinguishing him from Byrd.
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2016, 03:56:11 PM »
Revercomb (Sane; Republican; Supporter of civil rights)
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2016, 04:25:19 PM »
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Revercomb (Sane; Republican; Supporter of civil rights)
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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2016, 04:49:44 PM »
Quote from: SunriseAroundTheWorld on October 27, 2016, 03:56:11 PM
Revercomb (Sane; Republican; Supporter of civil rights)
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2016, 06:26:48 PM »
Ultimately Byrd.
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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2016, 06:30:07 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2016, 06:53:50 PM »
Revercomb
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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2016, 10:40:06 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2016, 05:11:24 AM »
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2016, 10:41:05 AM »
Not Byrd.
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« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2016, 12:54:00 PM »
I voted Revercomb, but 1958 was a huge D wave election.  The economy had hit a bad spot and peak WV coal had passed.  Had I been around at the time who knows?

McDowell County actually cast more votes (in an off year election) than it has people now.
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« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2016, 01:02:42 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2016, 01:38:45 PM »
Still Byrd, albeit very reluctantly.

Without hindsight, keeping Ike's power to a minimum would be more important than civil rights.
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2016, 07:28:52 PM »
The one who wasn't a member of the KKK.

Quote from: SunriseAroundTheWorld on October 27, 2016, 03:56:11 PM
Revercomb (Sane; Republican; Supporter of civil rights)
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« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2016, 07:34:25 PM »
Revercomb. I'm sure Byrd was better on a number of issues, but they mostly would have been prudential things, while Civil Rights was the fundamental moral question of postwar America.
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