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Manchin has the charisma of a boring Chris Christie
16 percent is very optimistic. Usually once someone is clearly going to lose, independents don't break for him, but run away from him. Add to that, Manchin is a flavorless nobody with a message of mythical bipartisanship that no one wants and often just means do what the GOP want.