[RegulatorCountry]

Define “conservative.” Mountain people march to their own drummer, traditionalists by and large, anti-authoritarian but also having a populist streak that can extend to being anti-business.

West Virginia is not a reliably conservative state in national elections and it's by and large a Democrat state as far as state government goes. For all the bureaucrats, takers and leeches in the DC bubble of NoVa dragging Virginia leftward, they manage to elect a Republican governor time and again. West Virginia does not.

So, I'd be interested in your take on just how West Virginia is more conservative than Virginia.

[0.E.O]

So, I'd be interested in your take on just how West Virginia is more conservative than Virginia.

Virginia went for Obama in the last two elections while West Virginia did not. I'd call that a pretty good indicator.