Can the next Democratic nominee stop the bleeding in WV? I doubt anyone can win it, but who could bring the totals back above 40% for example?
Clinton would carry West Virginia, Kentucky, maybe Tennessee, definitely Arkansas, and turn Louisiana into a tossup state.
To be honest I don't see how one candidate can singlehandedly turn around trends that have been in the making for decades. Obama lost Arkansas by 24 points, its state legislature is now in the hands of the GOP for the first time since...Reconstruction (?), all 4 members of the House are Republicans, similar story in TN and throughout the rest of the South. Yes, part of that may be due to the fact that he's black but I don't see that many white voters in LA and other places jumping ship just because of HRC's skin color.
