Yes, Manchin wins because he carries on the Southern tradition of disguising being a corporate sellout as political moderation. Tester seems to have actual morals.
I'm confused. You're saying that disingenuous corporate sellouts are preferable to people who care about doing what they think is right? And that preference is some kind of southern cultural thing?
Yes, because the former can be bought-and-sold to the highest bidder in a predictable fashion that perpetuates a status-quo that has historically been very kind to people of my socio-economic and racial background.
There certainly is a big difference between Southern and Western political mores. Politics in the South is very traditionalist, supporting existing power structures and institutions. Politics in the West tends to be much more individualistic.
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