West Virginia treading more Repubican

[NOVA Green]

At this point, I think the only trend in WV in 2020 will actually be towards the Democratic Presidential nominee...

Quite frankly, Clinton likely hit the absolute rock bottom of Dem support at the Pres level....

She was wandering around the bottom of mine shafts, dropped the map along with a few other members of her team.... A short time later another miner on her crew accidentally lit a cigarette in a Gas Pocket, and next thing you know the tunnel collapses.

There is no way to go but up..... find the air pockets, dig the way out of the mines with your fingernails and hands, hold your breath if needed, and hope that the rescue crew arrives before there are yet more Miners dead.

Slightly and less metaphorical note, Atlas has had a weird West Virginia obsession since I first joined back in early 2008.

We have had Democrats and Republicans alike trash and stereotype the state for ten years....

Time to let all that go....

If the Democrats choose to continue their current policy positions when it comes to focusing more on rhetorical issues involving gun policy to play up the numbers in the suburbs of Mass, NYC, VA, Chicago, etc.... it will be a losing battle not only in WV, Appalachia, and rural America writ large. Sure--- Nothing wrong with items like universal background checks (National Level), stopping criminals and drug gangs from buying assault rifles in Texas/Arizona/California to be able to reexport to support what is essentially a Civil War in Mexico, etc.... these are all things that most Americans and even a majority of gun owners will support.

"Rural Americans" is a tricky classification, since it includes both those that are significantly wealthy and chosen to enjoy the rural lifestyle, that have traded off their overpriced houses in the cities to have their own private xxx acres in the "country" as well as farmers, that includes both small and large, those that work and live off the land in heavily rural communities, and also a ton of small towns and cities  that have seen decent paying union manufacturing jobs disappear over the past decade or three...

I am absolutely 100% convinced that West Virginia, as well as many other parts of rural and small-town America will actually likely swing/trend more Democratic in 2020.... assuming the Democratic Party doesn't load up a double barrel and self destruct. Trends/swings were clear in 2012 (Although signs were obvious for anyone looking a few cycles before). The Democratic Party needs to get it's act together if they want to be competitive in 2020 at the Presidential level.

The warning signs are on the wall....

Meanwhile down in subvert city La Lucha Continua, regardless of Democratic nor Republican Administrations and Politicians.