What happens when you put Bernie Sanders in the second reddest state in the country? For nearly 80 years straight, working-class West Virginia was a Democratic stronghold — until it took a hard turn to Trump. We were on the ground with Bernie Sanders to investigate why
He’s always been fairly popular with conservatives. Even in deep red country towns, I’d hear “I don’t agree with all his ideas, but I trust he means what he says.” He has broad appeal, and that’s exactly why both parties worked together to bury him.