ANOTHER poll with Conway ahead: +2 to +10 on SurveyUSA

[Potus]

So is being a Democrat in Appalachia at this point

Ever hear of a place called Elliott County?

Ever hear of the complete decimation of Democratic officeholders from West Virginia to Tennessee? Just because there's one county that still supports Democrats (even though it barely voted for Obama over Romney in 2012) indicates one trend: it's moving to the Republicans. In 2000, Gore won the county by thirty points (despite Bush winning the state by 15), but in 2012, Obama won the county by three points (27% total drop in twelve years) while the margin for the Republican margin in Kentucky only increased by 8%.

Bandit, shhhhhhh.....

[Bandit3 the Worker]

So is being a Democrat in Appalachia at this point

Ever hear of a place called Elliott County?

Ever hear of the complete decimation of Democratic officeholders from West Virginia to Tennessee? Just because there's one county that still supports Democrats (even though it barely voted for Obama over Romney in 2012) indicates one trend: it's moving to the Republicans. In 2000, Gore won the county by thirty points (despite Bush winning the state by 15), but in 2012, Obama won the county by three points (27% total drop in twelve years) while the margin for the Republican margin in Kentucky only increased by 8%.

Bandit, shhhhhhh.....

What part of Kentucky is on that map?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

So is being a Democrat in Appalachia at this point

Ever hear of a place called Elliott County?

Ever hear of the complete decimation of Democratic officeholders from West Virginia to Tennessee? Just because there's one county that still supports Democrats (even though it barely voted for Obama over Romney in 2012) indicates one trend: it's moving to the Republicans. In 2000, Gore won the county by thirty points (despite Bush winning the state by 15), but in 2012, Obama won the county by three points (27% total drop in twelve years) while the margin for the Republican margin in Kentucky only increased by 8%.

Bandit, shhhhhhh.....

Ah, poor Natalie Tennant. You were apparently a strong candidate according to the WV dems, but you can't even win a county.

[free my dawg]

So is being a Democrat in Appalachia at this point

Ever hear of a place called Elliott County?

Ever hear of the complete decimation of Democratic officeholders from West Virginia to Tennessee? Just because there's one county that still supports Democrats (even though it barely voted for Obama over Romney in 2012) indicates one trend: it's moving to the Republicans. In 2000, Gore won the county by thirty points (despite Bush winning the state by 15), but in 2012, Obama won the county by three points (27% total drop in twelve years) while the margin for the Republican margin in Kentucky only increased by 8%.

Bandit, shhhhhhh.....

Ah, poor Natalie Tennant. You were apparently a strong candidate according to the WV dems, but you can't even win a county.

She was. WV Dems are that dead.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

West Virginia is all Appalachia. Demographically, Kentucky is maybe one-fifth Appalachia now.

[Flake]

West Virginia is all Appalachia. Demographically, Kentucky is maybe one-fifth Appalachia now.

And the rest is the South and the conservative Midwest.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

West Virginia is all Appalachia. Demographically, Kentucky is maybe one-fifth Appalachia now.

And the rest is the South and the conservative Midwest.

Actually, there's another one-fifth that's in the big cities of Louisville and Lexington, which are Democratic.

There's also a handful in smaller central cities that are Democratic.

Some rural areas (Mason or Carroll county maybe) are Republican only at the federal level.