Again, whether you agree or not, he has won election with 60-70% of the vote in 3 straight statewide elections where the state went R for the. President. He has only lost one election in 26 years... you don’t have that kind of support if you don’t deliver for your state. Clearly the people of WV believe he’s done well enough to support him at very high levels.
To belittle or dismiss this, or like others here to espouse that WV is just full of morons because they have voted for him is foolish.
Ok I just moved back to WV.
I ask around and no one can tell me what he has actually delivered to the state as Senator! As governor he was a decent one, my late father once said, “ Manchin at least believes businesses should exist!”(Meaning an unusual notion for a WV labor Rat!) Manchin current support comes from name recognition, habit and his “success” as a governor. As a senator most people think he has been at best mediocre. I am told by people who know Manchin that he actually hates being a senator. His personality is much more suited for an executive position. They slow sonorous pace of the Senate plus his political mismatch with the rest of the Rats drives him crazy. For example after his first Senate term he briefly floated a scheme to try and come back and be governor again. I understand it didn’t fly with the rest of the WV Rat leadership.