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>Recent example is the coal miners in West Virginia, which coincidentally happens to be a swing state for the presidential elections ??? WV was R+40 in 2016,
by ls612 7y ago
>Recent example is the coal miners in West Virginia, which coincidentally happens to be a swing state for the presidential elections
???
WV was R+40 in 2016, there's no way it's a swing state .
- lotsofpulp 7y agoOops, my bad. They do have a Democrat senator, and they do have some pull with the current presidential administration, so they must have some way to leverage their political power. Perhaps it was a reward and incentive to continue for voting Republican. But the point is that whether or not you get bailed out depends on how much influence you have.