eliott will go for beshear in a close race, no doubt.
I know you love this "rural areas are gone for Democrats period" and the trends are going that way no doubt, but this is stupid. Logan was a county Obama lost both times and Clinton lost by 70! Manchin got it to 2 points. Eliott, on the other hand, voted for Obama in 2012 and "only" went to Trump by 45. Not to mention Dems still hold all local offices there pretty much. I'm not saying this will be the type of win Dems used to get here in the 90's, and I'm not even sure if the race will be close enough to keep it dem, but if it is within 10 or so, it will vote democrat. Keep in mind this voted this county was only lost by 9 by joke Kenneth Stepp.
