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Last Updated on Monday, 10 November 2008 01:13 Written by rslcpol Monday, 10 November 2008 01:13
From Herald Dispatch:
Once again, West Virginia’s solid Democrat majority has proven its independence by voting for a Republican president while continuing to cast ballots for virtually every other Democrat on the ticket. And for the third straight presidential election, a 93,000-vote majority compiled by Republican John McCain over President-elect Barack Obama is probably due to many factors.
Still, in many parts of mostly rural West Virginia where Democrats are just as conservative as their Republican neighbors on both race and religion, it was not uncommon in recent weeks to hear discussions that carried hints of strong objections to Obama on one or both of those sensitive topics.