Details of Mason-Dixon West Virginia Poll

[minionofmidas]

So, 1988 is the only bump, and it's a pretty small one at that.  

And one that occurred pretty much all over Suburbia. Dukakis did very bad there - on the other hand, he did quite well in some rural areas, better than Clinton and Gore.

[minionofmidas]

This fast growing Loudon county is typical of the fastest growing counties in the US - strongly Republican.  So much for the theory that 'the suburbs are trending left'.

The fastest growing counties are currently strongly republican because there are very few people before the growth.  This means that the area is sparsly populated ergo strong GOP.  However, as it grows it moves to the left.

Yes but getting 60% of the vote in a heavily populated county can be better than getting 70% in a sparsely populated rural one, in terms of net contribution to the statewide vote.  

That's true too, o/c.