West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) says he is “thinking seriously” about leaving the Democratic Party and declaring himself an independent before the 2024 election, when he will have to decide whet…
WVian here. He doesn’t vote with the Dems and can’t hold his seat in 2024, so who cares? He barely won by a plurality against Pat Morrisey (our AG, shit candidate) in 2018 after winning in 2012 by the same margin as Romney, the other party’s POTUS nominee. This sort of ticket splitting is extinct in the Trump era. The WV Dems went from the majority party in 2012 to barely getting a tenth of seats in the legislature last year.
WVian here. He doesn’t vote with the Dems and can’t hold his seat in 2024, so who cares? He barely won by a plurality against Pat Morrisey (our AG, shit candidate) in 2018 after winning in 2012 by the same margin as Romney, the other party’s POTUS nominee. This sort of ticket splitting is extinct in the Trump era. The WV Dems went from the majority party in 2012 to barely getting a tenth of seats in the legislature last year.