Bonus fact: In 2012, President Obama was re-elected to the office -- but Mingo County wasn't the reason why. Obama received only 27% of the vote (compared to challenger Mitt Romney's 70%) in Mingo County compared to a 62/35 split state-wide. And it could have been worse.
That year, a man named Keith Judd managed to get onto the West Virginia ballot as a Democrat, forcing Obama into a primary -- a rather surprising fact given that Judd was in Texarkana, Texas, serving a 17-and-a-half year prison sentence. Even more surprising? While Obama beat Judd state-wide, he lost to him in Mingo County.
Of the nearly 5,000 registered Democrats who voted in the primary that year, more than 60% voted for Judd.
That year, a man named Keith Judd managed to get onto the West Virginia ballot as a Democrat, forcing Obama into a primary -- a rather surprising fact given that Judd was in Texarkana, Texas, serving a 17-and-a-half year prison sentence. Even more surprising? While Obama beat Judd state-wide, he lost to him in Mingo County.
Of the nearly 5,000 registered Democrats who voted in the primary that year, more than 60% voted for Judd.