West Virginians' attitudes to race may also have helped Mrs Clinton, the surveys suggested.
"It has been a tough few weeks for many Virginians, " Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said late Sunday.
Both candidates will make an issue of federal spending, but in truth West Virginians like their pork.
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For West Virginians, it is likely to be the rubber match after four decades of political battles.
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We've offered emergency relief to more than 1 million seniors, veterans, and other Virginians who need it most.
Now, Senator Rockefeller must carry this argument to his fellow West Virginians who have consistently elected him since 1976.
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And for West Virginians, they represent the true soul of the mountains.
We've increased and extended unemployment insurance for 12 million Americans to help them weather this economic storm -- and that's benefited over 220, 000 Virginians.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC students and Virginians Alison Linas and Stephanie Berman decided to help organize the event.
In 2007, roanoke.com, the website of The Roanoke Times, published a list of Virginians licensed to carry concealed weapons, and then deleted it the next day.
"Virginians have voted for honoring the promise of Social Security and creating more and better jobs in this dynamic, silicon dominion, " declared Allen in his victory speech.
This has been a big backer for Mr Allen, who, as governor, pushed through a controversial new law making it easier for Virginians to carry concealed weapons.
Virginians are better educated and richer than the national average.
So I'm asking you if you would be willing to re-look at some of these policies, with a high unemployment and the unsure economy that we have now, to assure West Virginians that you're listening.
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In the case of Fairfax County, its 1.1 million residents represent one in seven of all Virginians, and so it bulks very large in the determination of which slate of electors will get the most votes.
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But I tell you what, you West Virginians owe a lot of people in Delaware for a lot of money we should have gotten and you got. (Laughter.) I just want you to know that.
But old-school Virginians are not happy.
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Virginia need not reach to London, to New York, to dignified yet bygone American figures like Ernest Hemingway, or even deep into its past for the wisdom of such great Virginians as Jefferson (and, for that matter, George Washington, James Madison, and John Marshall, also on record in this matter).
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