By Selwyn Duke
West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, the “conservative” Democratic senator who votes with hard-left Joe Biden 88 percent of the time, said in 2021 that he has “never considered” switching parties. Now, some may say, he has switched his position on switching, with Manchin stating that he’s thinking “‘very seriously’ about switching party affiliation,” as Newser puts it. Yet while the senator would claim this is all about principle, is it really all about his conservative leanings?
That is, his desire to win the next election and conserve his power.
Manchin hasn’t officially thrown his hat into the ring, but if he does, he may be thrown out. While different polls do paint different pictures, and while the senator is more popular now than he was last year, a recent Morning Consult survey found that 55 percent of W.V. voters disapprove of his job performance; only 39 percent approve. What’s more, Manchin is far less popular than the man who’d be his probable Republican opponent, current governor Jim Justice. So, how can he make sure Justice isn’t served?
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