CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump eased to victory in West Virginia to take its five electoral votes.
He had been widely expected to defeat Democrat Joe Biden in a state that backed him in 2016 with 68% of the vote. West Virginia has largely abandoned Democratic presidential candidates in recent decades.
While Sen. Joe Manchin won reelection as a moderate Democrat in 2018, the last Democrat to win a presidential race in West Virginia was Bill Clinton in 1996.
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