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Line 59: − Since 1928, West Virginia has usually voted for Democratic presidential candidates when a new president was being elected, but the state did help reelect [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1956 and [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984. In 2000 and again in 2004, Republican presidential candidate, [[George W. Bush]], won the state's 5 electoral votes. About half the state's governors have been Republicans in spite of the strong leaning toward the Democratic Party. Much of this allegiance stems from labor disputes in which Democratic candidates sided with the coal miners unions more than 75 years ago. West Virginians are generally very conservative in such issues as gun control, abortion, and same-sex marriage, but their professed views are often not reflected in the elections.+ + + + + − *Sen. [[Jay Rockefeller]] (D) + − + − +
Update elected officials and political trends. WV has changed a lot since the last time this was changed!
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|senator1=Jay Rockefeller
|senator1=Shelley Moore Capito
|s1party=Democrat
|s1party=Republican
|s1phone=(202) 224-6472
|s1phone=(202) 224-6472
|s1email=http://rockefeller.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm Contact
|s1email=https://www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-shelley Contact
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|date=June 20, 1863 (35th)
|date=June 20, 1863 (35th)
==Politics==
==Politics==
From 1928 through 1996, West Virginia usually voted for Democratic presidential candidate when a new president was being elected, but the state did help reelect [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1956 and [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984. Since 2000, it has voted for the Republican presidential nominee.
From its founding in 1863 until 1870, the Republican Party dominated West Virginia. From 1871 until 1896, the Democrats dominated, and then again from 1896 until about 1932, the GOP dominated. After that, West Virginia became a solidly Democratic-controlled state. Much of the allegiance to the Democrats in West Virginia stems from labor disputes in which Democratic candidates sided with the coal miners unions during the [[Great Depression]]. However, since 2000, there has been a slow but strong shift to the GOP in West Virginia politics, starting on the presidential level, and slowly shifting to the federal level and then the state level. The 2014 election clearly demonstrated this shift, as the GOP made large gains, winning a U.S. Senate seat, the entire Congressional delegation to the U.S. House for the first time since 1921, and winning majorities in both houses in the state legislature.<ref>Willis, Derek (November 24, 2014). [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/upshot/election-was-rough-for-democrats-it-was-worse-for-west-virginia-democrats.html?_r=2&abt=0002&abg=1 Election Was Rough for Democrats. It Was Worse for West Virginia Democrats.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved September 17, 2016.</ref>
West Virginians are generally very conservative in such issues as gun control, abortion, and same-sex marriage. When the Democratic Party was dominant, their elected officials were slightly more conservative than the national party.
==Elected Officials==
==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Joe Manchin]] (D)
*Sen. [[Joe Manchin]] (D)
*Sen. [[Shelley Moore Capito]] (R)
*Rep. [[David McKinley]] [R, WV-01]
*Rep. [[David McKinley]] [R, WV-01]
*Rep. [[Shelley Moore Capito]] [R, WV-02]
*Rep. [[Alex Mooney]] [R, WV-02]
*Rep. [[Nick Rahall]] [D, WV-03]
*Rep. [[Evan Jenkins]] [R, WV-03]
===Statewide===
===Statewide===