07-23-2018, 03:22 PM
I think that's all correct. But I wonder if Tennessee is going to elect its former Democratic governor to the Senate (and he's leading in the polls), then who knows, it might be possible for some people in the states in green to recognize that voting Republican is adding to their problems, as you pointed out. But in West Virginia the identity issues and guns and coal are still big factors keeping them tied to their political misjudgment and therefore to their problems.