Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off

Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off

  • Pipoca@lemmy.world
    82·
    1 year ago

    If he doesn’t win, it’s because centrist Democrats stayed home when they didn’t get their first choice and didn’t want to vote blue no matter who.

    Why do you think that?

    West Virginia used to vote Democrat, but has swung pretty hard right in recent years.

    The last time the state voted Democrat in a presidential election was for Bill Clinton in 1996, who got 51.51% of the vote. Obama only got 35% of the vote in 2012, and neither Hillary nor Biden got over 30%.

    Currently, Manchin is the only Democrat left in statewide office. Everyone else either died or retired, or they switched parties.

    Why do you think that the only possible explanation for Shrewsbury losing is centrist Democrats not ‘voting vote no matter who’ instead of Republicans outnumbering Democrats in the state?