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IIRC, West Virginia was one of the top states to use SNAP. SNAP benefits farmers
which I've commented on before in my "a lot of Trump administration policies seem to be surprisingly disadvantageous to agriculture, given that the GOP in 2025 is the rural party" point
and the poor.
kagis
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/food-stamp-benefits-by-state
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/millions-of-low-income-households-would-lose-food-aid-under-proposed-house
For anyone not familiar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program
That being said, West Virginia did get socially-conservative policy on LGBT stuff, and Trump has at least made positive noises about coal; the decline of coal has been a major political issue in West Virginia.
https://profession.americangeosciences.org/society/intersections/faq/which-states-are-largest-producers-and-consumers-coal/
I'm actually a little surprised that Wyoming is that high up there. Might be that Wyoming has risen recently.
Ah, might be that it's because it's more of a jobs thing in West Virginia. Probably employed more people historically too.
I keep reading west Virginians understand the impact on coal jobs of automation over the decades. Even if coal were to come back, the jobs won’t.
A little bit of searching through the data shows West Virginians are the least productive coal miners, most labor required, least automation. Even if coal were to come back, jobs won’t be going to West Virginia nor will mines pay well for lack of productivity.
The economic case against coal is open-shut. Even if you disregard the environment, coal is not coming back.
The funny thing is apparently US coal production had a huge drop during trumps first term and actually increased a little during Biden’s
But it’s not coming back