Is it possible for Biden to win any counties in WV if he’s only losing it by 18?
Hypothetically if he only lost by 18 he would most likely be carrying kanawha, jefferson, monongalia, and cabell
It would also depend on where the swings are happening since not all swings are universal.
Obama almost won Brooke County in the pan-handle back in '08 for example, and didn't do that shabby in Ohio County (Wheeling) either....
In theory you might see dramatic swings towards Biden in Steel Towns in West Virginia, where once again Trump has failed to deliver on his promises.
Sure, it's always probably a good idea to default to a traditional map when it comes to an incumbent running for reelection, but if Trump's support is collapsing faster than a bridge that hasn't been upgraded for decades with Union Made American Steel, it is not implausible that "dead cat bounce" might occur more within the aging mining communities, but larger swings in Steel Areas...
Honestly Biden needs to keep pushing his rebuilding America plan, and also finally honor the commitments made to the UMWA and the Coal Miners who helped fuel the Industrial Revolution in America even during the bloody strikes, and then later in support of the War Effort against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, and still yet have not received their fair share...
Everybody gets it down in the Appalachian Coal Country, that the Industry will never be like it was before, and that the larger non-union pit mains in places out West, Australia etc will swamp the more labor intensive Coal Seams...
Still, as I have been saying for Years on Atlas, the Federal Government needs to bail out the Union Pensions for retired Coal Miners as a settlement on debt owed, which is the key demand of the UMWA today.Biden needs to come out in support of this not simply for political pandering, but also as a moral duty for those who have sacrificed so much for so little.
As an Oregonian in College in Southern Ohio in the early '90s, I was involved in solidarity activities with the UMWA during the final "Rolling General Strike in the Appalachian Coal Fields", only a few years after the Pittston strike in Western Virginia back in '89.
We learned out lessons from when I was in High School in Oregon about the false dichotomies between the "Labor and Environmental Movement" that the bosses and their Republican supporters would play.
Unfortunately the inability of Democratic and Republican Administrations alike for decades to address the fundamental structural economic issues within much of the region is a key reason why there is a "No Hope... No Future" Multi-Generational mindset, and also precisely why political swings and volatility are more and not less likely than in many other places.
Biden should run radio and TV ads in Wheeling (also hits SW PA and SE OH)...
If Biden really wants to "Troll Trump" why not place a few TV and Radio ads in Charleston? Can't imagine the media market would be that pricey...
Radio ads in general are pretty inexpensive if you're trying to conserve on cash (which Biden is not that desperate on), but still pick a few popular Country and Rock Stations and see what you get where tons of folks listen to the radio driving to and from work for longer distances or doing their two week grocery run, and see what you get....
