Why dont Democrats go to the voters in WV and

[doc03]

make it plain just how much money their state will lose if
Manchin kills the infrastructure plan. The Republicans are running ads asking voters to call Manchin and oppose what they call Biden's socialist agenda. They are even claiming it pays for abortions. But I have heard nothing about how many billion dollars and jobs it will create from Democrats. The Republican governor in WV even supports the infrastructure plan

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Why doesn't their Senator?

Not meant to be 'flippant' towards you - but I've just about had it with Socialist/Abortion scare tactics by the GOP. it's enough.

[doc03]

2. I think their Senator is doing what he thinks his

voters want.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. And they are being lead

By the same old GOP Trope.

I would be okay if the Democrats ran an ad that said - Hey you know your benefits you get as a result of opioid addiction? Joe Manchin is voting with the Republicans to take it away.

[Salviati]

8. If he thinks that, then he is very wrong.

https://www.filesforprogress.org/memos/build-back-better-wv.pdf

[maxsolomon]

3. "Go to the voters"?

#1 reason you can't just "go to the voters" is: THEY AREN'T LISTENING.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. They refuse to

[dflprincess]

6. What makes you think Manchin cares what WV voters think?

They aren't the ones lining his pockets.

[brooklynite]

24. What policies do West Virginia voters want that he's not supporting?

[dsc]

28. $15 minimum wage for one

it has majority support in every state in the union. Voting rights for another.

[dflprincess]

29. Polls indicate they supported the 3.5 trillion infrastructure package

and voting rights.

[Panich52]

7. Trumplodytes have so infected the state that it's

tough to find a rational person often. Sis lives in Doddridge Co and feels surrounded by them. Manchin is desperately trying to hang on to his seat by placating them. Having a Dem Senator is encouraging but not when he acts like a complete DINO. Rational folk are probably to afraid to speak up to their close-minded and delusional GOP neighbors.

[budkin]

9. Manchin bows to his donors, not the voters n/t

[Tribetime]

21. Exactly

[Bettie]

10. Joe Manchin doesn't care what

the voters in his state want. He works for the Koch brother and fossil fuel lobbies, not the rubes who elect him.

[onenote]

12. Many of the voters that elected him also elected Shelly Capito

who is to the right of Manchin. Indeed she is far more popular in the state than he is because, like it or not, she appeals to the largely conservative electorate in W.VA more than he does.


If he isn't representing W. VA voters why hasn't he been seriously challenged in a primary for more than 20 years?

[Bettie]

15. Because, as I understand it,

he comes from an old family from there.

Name recognition goes a long way.

[onenote]

16. It may help explain why he wins.

But it doesn't prove that he ignores what the voters in W VA want.

Jim Justice barely won election as governor running as a Democrat. He switched parties and his support skyrocketed.

[Demsrule86]

20. No other Democrat can win. Joe Manchin is better than any GOP period.

[LonePirate]

11. Most of the voters in WV are Republicans so it's pointless in talking to them.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. After their economic decline, they now prefer...

... do-nothing politicians.

Probably like this monkey, angry that it gets a cucumber while the other one gets a grape, would probably prefer that both of them get fed shoe-leather instead.

[Tomconroy]

13. West Virginia voters voted for Trump in overwhelming numbers.

It's not about logic.

[marble falls]

17. Why aren't Democrats identifying a person that can primary Manchin. WVA voters ...

... understand how infrastructure investment will help their lives. Even Republicans can get that. That the longer we go on, the less of a threat "the big steal" is. And more Republicans are getting that message, too. There are real Democrats in WVA who could draw votes from the GOP, maybe a woman vet and attorney?

[Demsrule86]

19. Once Manchin is gone, there never be a Democratic Senator from WVA in my lifetime....decades.

[marble falls]

23. I don't know about that. I do know that the most racist people I knew in Akron, Ohio ...

... except for my dad, were from WVA.

And Akron was a majorly racist town.

[onenote]

25. Manchin has faced primaries repeatedly

And he has crushed his opponents.

A person who can successfully primary Manchin and win election as a Democrat doesn't exist

[brooklynite]

26. I'm sure OUR REVOLUTION and JUSTICE DEMOCRATS will get right on that...

...possibly with support from the Republican Party.

[onenote]

27. If West Va. voters understand what you say they understand,

why is Shelly Capito so popular in the state?

[Demsrule86]

18. That is much more likely to get Manchin to switch sides and join McConnell. We have no leverage.

We get what we can, win the midterm hopefully, and come back for more after the election. We won't get the full 3.5 but we should get something and the infrastructure/bipartisan bill has some really good stuff in it too.

[stillcool]

22. I don't know, but someone should...

some PAC must have some loose change hanging around to put something together.

[doc03]

30. Governor Justice managed to get a big infrastructire

program passed. The voters were told we are going to rebuild this highway and build that bridge, they knew what they were going to get. But now they hear socialist agenda and paying for abortions from Rethugs. From Democrats we hear they have an infrastructure plan. I have no idea what that involves other they say we need it. How much will my state Ohio get and what for? How much will WV get, how many jobs will it make? I think they have done a poor job of promoting the plan.