To Understand Joe Manchin, Look at West Virginia’s Transformation

You can’t understand Sen. Joe Manchin without understanding the remarkable, 180-degree political transformation in his home state of West Virginia, GeraldFSeib writes

Without Mr. Manchin, the Democrats wouldn’t be in charge in a Senate split 50-50 with Republicans, with the difference being the tiebreaking vote of Vice PresidentDemocratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona may have the most leverage with a Senate that's evenly divided between the two parties. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explains how they could determine the fate of the Biden administration’s agenda.

And even the formidable Mr. Manchin isn’t holding that seat comfortably; he won re-election in 2018 by a 50% to 46% count against Republican Patrick Morrisey.PREVIEWThe Democratic Party’s bigger problem is that it has lost its grip on the kinds of voters who form the backbone of the West Virginia electorate: blue collar, downscale economically, tied to traditional industries such as coal and logging. Once upon a time, these voters didn’t simply vote Democratic.

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