Election Forecast 2008: West Virginia’s Split Ticket
By Greg Giroux, CQ Staff
CQ Politics Presidential Race Rating: Republican Favored
Electoral Votes: 5
It wasn’t long ago that West Virginia was among the most reliably Democratic states in presidential elections. But its voters generally are socially conservative — why most political scientists make the state part of the South — and are protective of the coal industry’s important role in the state’s economy. The real or perceived liberalism of recent Democratic nominees turned West Virginia Republican in the two George W. Bush elections, and it’s probably headed to John McCain this time.
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