I noted earlier that Public Policy Polling shows West Virginia’s Democratic governor Joe Manchin with a 3-point lead over John Raese, but the poll appears to be a little bit skewed to the left. Our very own Jay Cost (who keeps a record of all exit polling data dating back to 1796 indexed in his brain), points out that PPP’s poll is predicting the most pro-Democratic electorate in West Virginia in over a decade.

In 2008, the party spread was D: 48, I: 19, R: 34.