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just saw that WV went GOP Capito nt (Original Post)
littlewolf
Nov 2014
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. That was expected.
A loss of one democratic seat.
littlewolf
(3,813 posts)2. might be expected .. I still do not have to like it :<
I thought WV was blue as in very blue.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)3. It used to be but it didn't go for Gore, Kerry or Obama twice.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)4. I know. It really hurt to lose Rockefeller.
WV hasn't been blue in a very long time. "War on coal" and all that.
Chuuku Davis
(565 posts)5. Energy policy turned them red
They lost a LOT of jobs