Well, there are people of every sort in the state, but mostly - pro-life, pro-gun, tough on crime, cautious (at least) on LGBT rights. No idea about war and surveillance, but supoose - leans to "patriotism"on the first and "tolerance" of the last. So - mostly in spite. BTW, economic issues were much more important then then social ones (and West Virginia is relatively populist on them), and Democratic party - much less liberal then now. Dianne Feinstein was considered a solid liberal then, anf Richard Shelby, Sonny Montgomery and Ralph Hall (among other) were "respected Democratic Congressmen (Senator in Shelby's case)" then. Even Dan Daniel (one of the former leaders of Harry Bird Sr. "machine" in Virginia legislature) served in Congress until 1988 as a Democrat... When it was possible to be a Democrat without being social liberal - West Virginia voted mostly Democratic. When this became virtually impossible - it (as almost all South) finally went Republican.
Let's not spin this. "Anti-LGBT" is the only way to describe the attitude.
