Oh, I forgot to comment on Pocohontas and Monroe c...

2011-10-07T11:36:30.927-04:00

Oh, I forgot to comment on Pocohontas and Monroe counties. I too have noticed that both of them are drifting right as of late. To me this is the equivalent of shooting oneself in the foot. The economies of both counties are now primarily based on tourism and the second home people, and yet they've started voting for people who would like nothing more than to stick an ugly ass gas well on every square inch of available land. Gas wells that never seem to disappear I might add. If you don't believe me, go to the middle part of the state some time and drive around on the county roads. It's like a gas well junk yard. I can remember doe hunting in Braxton county with my dad when I was a kid and asking him why someone had left all that crap behind.

Do you think the two "liberal" counties ...

2011-10-07T11:27:03.398-04:00

Do you think the two "liberal" counties voted Republican because of the north/south issue, or because it was an off year, special election? Both of those counties have significant college populations, and to the extent that young people do vote, they tend to turn out in higher numbers for presidential elections, and not so much for off year and special elections.

I don't know which it was, and perhaps it was a mixture of both. Anyhow, it would be interesting to find out.

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Oh, I forgot to comment on Pocohontas and Monroe c...

Do you think the two "liberal" counties ...