Five state lawmakers traded in their Democratic credentials for the GOP this session. Elliott Pritt, a West Virginia lawmaker, explains why he made the switch as his district's attitudes shifted towards Republicans.
The West Virginia lawmaker comes from an area of the state that used to be solidly blue — voters sent a Democrat to his seat in the state House for 24 straight years. But attitudes in his district have recently swung towards Republicans, credited largely to the decline of coal and anger over environmental restrictions.
The uptick in party transitions this year speaks to the growing polarization and party feuding inside state capitals. West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin dismissed the trend of Democrats turning into Republicans as politicians furthering their own careers. “In states like ours it’s becoming harder and harder to be a conservative Democrat,” Skaff said. “It’s really frustrating. You work really hard to do what’s right and at the end of the day you’re in the superminority.”
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