What areas of WV can we expect to be "bellwethers" today?
There's not much variety to WV. The Eastern panhandle has nothing to do with coal, but it doesn't make up much of the population. Kanawha contains the state capitol and is probably more establishment (though it has rural areas and coal mines too). Monongalia contains the main state university so is probably Berniebro territory. Harrison and Marion have a surprising number of Federal workers mainly due to the FBI Crime Lab, but they mine coal there too.