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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlankenship surging on eve of West Virginia Senate primary
There is growing concern among Republicans that Don Blankenship, a bombastic coal baron who has spent time in prison, is surging ahead of Tuesdays West Virginia Senate primary and a last-minute campaign is underway to stop him.
As the tight contest hurtles to a close, four Republicans said theyd reviewed polling conducted in recent days showing Blankenship, who spent a year in jail following the 2010 explosion at his Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 workers, moving narrowly ahead of his more mainstream GOP rivals, Rep. Evan Jenkins and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
The Republicans cautioned that the surveys, designed to offer a snapshot of the race, were conducted over a brief period of time and may be overstating Blankenships support.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/05/blankenship-polls-west-virginia-senate-primary-570752
As the tight contest hurtles to a close, four Republicans said theyd reviewed polling conducted in recent days showing Blankenship, who spent a year in jail following the 2010 explosion at his Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 workers, moving narrowly ahead of his more mainstream GOP rivals, Rep. Evan Jenkins and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
The Republicans cautioned that the surveys, designed to offer a snapshot of the race, were conducted over a brief period of time and may be overstating Blankenships support.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/05/blankenship-polls-west-virginia-senate-primary-570752
Related:
Trump urges West Virginia voters to reject GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/donald-trump-west-virginia-don-blankenship/index.html
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Blankenship surging on eve of West Virginia Senate primary (Original Post)
oberliner
May 2018
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sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)1. GOP dogwhistled at racists for 40 years
And now the best strategy for GOP candidates is to be explicitly racist. Who would ever have predicted that the base the GOP taught to hate minorities and love racists would love racists?
snowybirdie
(5,233 posts)2. The GOP
unleashed and encouraged the haters to suit their own interests. The monster they created now is becoming too big to manage any longer.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)3. earlier this year they supported a pedophile
now they are standing behind a convicted felon/murderer?
The republican party is out of control - and they're taking our country with it.
Cartoonist
(7,321 posts)4. GOP priorities
They don't give a damn about Blank's negatives, they're only worried about winning. And they will all endorse him should he win the primary.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)5. Not surprising
And demonstrative of why it is useless to worry about how to "understand" and "reason" with Trump voters.