West Virginia Political Quiz

[Miles]

'Probably a bit easier than my Louisiana Quiz

1- How many counties does WV have?
2- What classes are its Senators from?
3- Over the past 20 years, what was the most lopsided Senate race? The closest?
4- Who was its last Republican Senator? Governor?
5- How many years did Senator Robert Byrd serve in the Senate? How many in the House?
6- What area did Byrd represent while in the House?
7- When did Jay Rockefeller serve as Governor?
8- True or False: Outside of his native GA (and DC), WV was Carter's best state in 1980.
9- What percent of WV voters are registered Democrats? Republicans?
10- Who preceded Byrd in the Senate? Rockefeller?
11- True or False: Every 20th Century Democratic President carried WV at least once.

"Bonus"
12- On what day did the Good Lord take Senator Byrd? How old was he?
13- What was the name of his wife?

[Miles]

No takers!? Really!?

[RJ]

I only live a state away but know so little about them...

8- True or False: Outside of his native GA (and DC), WV was Carter's best state in 1980.

11- True or False: Every 20th Century Democratic President carried WV at least once.
 

These are the only 2 questions I have any inclination on answering. I would guess #8 is false and figure Minnesota to be Carter's best state in 1980(but since it's a WV quiz...) and I'm fairly certain #11 is true.

3- Over the past 20 years, what was the most lopsided Senate race? The closest?

I'll take a crack at this one even though I'm less certain. I'd guess Manchin's election win last fall is the closest. Byrd's election win in 06' would be the most lopsided.

[Dgov]

Okay, I'll bite for a few.

2: Manchin is Class 1, Rockefeller is Class 2

3: Manchin in 2010 was probably the closest, and I think Bryd's 2000 win was the biggest

4: I think Revercomb was the last R senator, since he lost his seat in a general instead of a special election.

5: 6 in the house, 50 and a half in the Senate

7: '77-'85

8: False, I think Rhode Island was his (2nd) best state

9: I'll guess 55-30 Democratic

10:Revecomb and Randolph, respectively

11: False--Bush Sr lost it both times (and Ford never won it)

[Miles]

Okay, I'll bite for a few.

2: Manchin is Class 1, Rockefeller is Class 2

3: Manchin in 2010 was probably the closest, and I think Bryd's 2000 win was the biggest

4: I think Revercomb was the last R senator, since he lost his seat in a general instead of a special election.

5: 6 in the house, 50 and a half in the Senate

7: '77-'85

8: False, I think Rhode Island was his (2nd) best state

9: I'll guess 55-30 Democratic

10:Revecomb and Randolph, respectively

11: False--Bush Sr lost it both times (and Ford never won it)

2: Correct

3: Correct. 2010 was the closest at Manchin +10.; 2000 was the most lopsided at Byrd +58.

4: Correct.

5: Correct.

7: Correct

8: Actually, its true. Carter got 47.6% in RI but 49.8% in WV.

9: Pretty close. Last I checked, it was about 56-28 Democratic.

10: Correct

11: It is false, but not for that reason.

[Dgov]

2: Correct

3: Correct. 2010 was the closest at Manchin +10.; 2000 was the most lopsided at Byrd +58.

4: Correct.

5: Correct.

7: Correct

8: Actually, its true. Carter got 47.6% in RI but 49.8% in WV.

9: Pretty close. Last I checked, it was about 56-28 Democratic.

10: Correct

11: It is false, but not for that reason.

for 8:  I thought you ment margin rather than total.  I think he won by a bigger margin in RI (where Anderson did well) than in WV (where he didn't).

11:  I missed the "Democratic" part.  Though those two are the only Republicans who didn't win it at least once.

Though I'm curious who didn't--Wilson did in 1912, FDR won it every time, Truman won it in '48, Kennedy won it in '60, Johnson in '64, Carter in '76, and Clinton won it both times.  In fact, Wilson is the only 20th century Democratic president to lose WV even once, in 1916.  Or am i missing someone?

[Miles]

My bad; its true for number 11.

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