Montana is the Inter-Mountion West version of West Virginia.
I don't know if WV is the best example. The history of partisan power in each state is wildly different. Democrats were far more dominant in WV from the New Deal - 2000s. In Montana, they never had that kind of power but have always managed to keep the state at parity between the two parties insofar as state and Congressional politics is concerned.
Montana only elected two Republican Senators during that time period.
While generally voting GOP at the presidential level. WV basically only voted R’s in landslides.
