[WideRight05]

I don't know how accurate this is, but I'm hearing Logan County is 5 to 1 democratic. It may be to late, but I'm glad to see some standup for the industry.

Your info is probably right in the ball park Old School. WV has been a traditional Democratic state, having as many as 91 Democrats in their 100 member House of Representatives at one time. Their state was one in which Republicans took control of the state House and Senate in the 2014 wave elections, the first time they have had that control in many, many years.

Most of the Democrats have been the old school (no pun intended ha) pro-union Democrats that range from socially moderate to conservative. For example, 15 of the 36 Democrats in the House voted for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act this year. The national party has chased off a lot of the old school Democrats.

From knowing someone from there and reviewing the culture of Logan County online, their representative was one of the authors of that RFRA bill and although they seem to lean heavily Democratic by party, they are conservative in values. I would expect to see more people switch parties in WV as the national Democratic Party tends to lean to the left.