“And seldom is heard a discouraging word”
What a surprise: our local Ogden papers fail to report what may have been the most importance finding of the latest West Virginia Poll
Here’s the lede from today’s local Ogden “newspapers” article summarizing a new WV Metro News poll:
More than half of West Virginians believe the United States is headed in the wrong direction, the latest MetroNews West Virginia Poll said.
After briefly discussing “the wrong direction,” the article then compares the approval rating for President Trump in this poll compared to a similar poll last December and finds that it has dropped five points. The article then looks at the ratings for West Virginia’s two senators.
Somehow (?), the article ignores what might be seen as the poll’s most important finding: the precipice drop in support for the president in West Virginia (he leads by 14%) – especially when compared to his 42% margin of victory against Hillary Clinton. The original Metro News poll article describes it and a number of online sources quickly pointed to the significance of the poll. Here, for instance, is Dave Wasserman who heads the Cook Political Report:
This poll showing Trump up 53%-39% in West Virginia, a state he won 68%-26% in 2016, might be the most horrific poll I've seen for him all month, and that's saying something. https://t.co/faaH83r4Cr
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 13, 2020
Okay, Trump is still clearly leading in West Virginia and I doubt that he will lose the state, but Trump’s 28% erosion is large and yet it is not even mentioned locally.
. . . . And the skies are not cloudy all day.
