...looking to shake things up.

I think I get it (conservatives for Bernie), but it's not always easy for me to comprehend this mindset - it's so different than mine.

That is close to where the libertarian idiots land.

Of one thing I'm sure, after spending much time on reddit, there's no such thing as a 'libertarian' in the US, most are just selfish kids sitting in their mom's basement whining that they are required to contribute anything to their society in order to survive. Thus the "free stuff" meme that's been stuck to Bernie appeals to them. (yes, this is an exaggeration, but I made myself laugh typing it.)

Super hard core libertarian. Between Trump, Sanders, and Clinton he actually said he'd pick Sanders, even though he disagrees with Sanders on everything.

But thanks, I wasn't aware of his opinion of Bernie.

Had Puff the Magic Dragon on a little while back, then Johnny Thompson (famous magician), fun times.

But yeah, he stopped talking politics recently, because Trump is literally his real life arch nemesis, and some episodes he'd spend a third of the episode ranting about Trump. Penn was on Celebrity Apprentice, should have won, and he's bitter about the way Trump handled it.

Obama was hated in WVA. In the 2008 primaries, they overwhelmingly chose Hillary over him.

Interesting how they're embracing Bernie.

not just of West Virginians but most of Appalachia. If it wewn't for the hill people there probably would'nt be a United States. I suggest you read Jeff Biggers "United Styates of Appallachia"The Scot/ Irish who are the heart and soul of Appalichia never back down from a fight but they're also smart enough not to take on a fight they can't or don't need to win.
There may be a problem with people being cowed to accept their explotation as something they cannot fight but I expect you could see the same thing all around the world.

I don't quite get it. But maybe isolationism is their only issue? I still think a good chunk of "independents" are just mindlessly "anti-establishment". They don't really get the issues, they just know they hate the status quo. It's just contrarianism.

Or perhaps they're atheists or "rational" types who hate the christian right and the anti-science element of the republican party but they also have deep seated racist or misogynistic feelings that kept them from supporting Obama or Clinton, so they latched onto the most popular outsider candidate. It seems like those types would just go for Trump this year though so I don't know.

It's a conservative state we will never win in the general.

One had Sanders leading by 28, another had Clinton leading by 13.

West Virginia was #5.

West Virginians must register as democrat or undeclared to vote for Clinton/Sanders

What they have in common is they're predominantly white and not especially populous.

As I've said many times, the Clinton-Red State meme takes reality and flips it on its head.