West Virginia is this on steroids. Poorer, more rural counties are functionally excluded from the election infrastructure while polling places are concentrated in the handful of urban centers where the state’s middle and upper class reside.
You’ll find similar dynamics in states like Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Mississippi. By all means, I hope folks in West Virginia can beat this stacked deck. But people need to stop pretending elections in these states are simple, objective popularity contests.
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West Virginia is this on steroids. Poorer, more rural counties are functionally excluded from the election infrastructure while polling places are concentrated in the handful of urban centers where the state’s middle and upper class reside.
You’ll find similar dynamics in states like Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Mississippi. By all means, I hope folks in West Virginia can beat this stacked deck. But people need to stop pretending elections in these states are simple, objective popularity contests.