If there is a state in the country that should be safe from the Democrats’ hoped-for “blue wave,” it is West Virginia. President Trump won there by 42 points in 2016 and still boasts a job approval rating in excess of 60 percent, his highest in the nation.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is running for reelection after experiencing what might be the biggest drop in job approval of any senator. A Morning Consult poll found that just 43 percent of West Virginians approved of the formerly popular incumbent and ex-governor’s performance while 44 percent disapproved, a 17-point decline from the fourth quarter of 2017.