west va?

[patrick1]

That reliable source is being hopeful.  I think that after the RNC in September, which was when Kerry pulled his resources, he was probably behind by a solid 5 points.

He's pretty sure that things were being covertly pulled out in the Spring. Very slowly. So that no one would really notice. But he noticed less people week after week.

After the RNC Bush seems to have lead WV by about 5 points (this is true) but that's about the national figure.
Things got weirder and weirder after the RNC... if the National Kerry campaign wanted to lose WV, they couldn't have done a better job.

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Don't forget those evil leaflets ("...wants to ban the Bible...") How to get Evangelical turnout soaring with minimal advirtising costs.

The dark art of black propaganda at it's very finest

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True. Very, very true. Petty grudges and Local Politicians go together like nothing else.
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As to the initial question: it depends on the candidates (like most states) and whether or not the DNC v WV Dems feud kicks off again.
The one cultural issue that hurts the Dems in WV (most of the others don't sway many voters) is Guns. The Dems need to make a clear distinction between gun control in Inner City Ghettos and Gun Rights in rural areas.

Al, would you also agree that the coal vote is no longer as large, unified and important as it used to be.

[patrick1]

I have no problem that the state with the highest incest and domestic violence rates voted for Bush.

But seriously, have you ever driven to some of those isolated towns in rural West Virginia? It's downright scary and looks like it's out of a horror movie, I'm not kidding.

Exactly the type of thinking that leads to the democrats getting slaughtered in rural areas.