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Many West Virginians say they can’t reach their members of Congress (mountainstatespotlight.org)

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An overwhelming majority of West Virginia voters supported President Donald Trump and Republican representatives Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, and Reps. Riley Moore and Carol Miller in the last election.

But in response to a Mountain State Spotlight request for readers to tell us about their experiences reaching out to those representatives, we heard from more than 100 people who said they mostly weren’t happy with the responses they got.

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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

I've looked through many towns in WV while exploring railways and other stuff on Streetview, and it's a genuinely depressing place. So many half abandoned, run down towns with overgrown houses that have random junk and like broken 5 cars sitting on the lawn. When the industry packed up and left, these people were left with nothing and can't afford to leave.