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The Midterm Election Delivers Mixed Messages

The way you read the results of the midterm election might depend on where you live.

In California, candidates were rewarded for opposing President Trump — critics like California’s new Gov. Gavin Newsom won big. But in West Virginia, Sen. Joe Manchin was returned to office while siding with the president on key issues.

What’s going on?Cherry Glazer of KCRW in California speaks with WVPB’s Trey Kay in the latest episode of “Red State Blue State,” our weekly chat between Trump Country and the Blue Bubble.

What do you think?

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Immigration issue stays hot in midterm elections, especially in red states

The migrant caravan moving through Mexico is nowhere near the U.S. border, yet it’s smack dab in the middle of the nation’s politics.

But immigration pushes different political buttons in West Virginia and California.

As we draw near the midterm election, this week’s episode brings us views on immigration from Angelenos in the “Blue Bubble” and red-state West Virginians at a rally with Vice President Mike Pence.

Join the conversation.

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Coal mining means vastly different things to Californians and West Virginians

Climate change and energy jobs are hot issues, but they spark very different reactions from folks in different parts of the country. Those reactions are the heart of this installment of “Red State, Blue State,” our weekly chat between Trump Country and the Blue Bubble.

In the past, President Trump has called climate change a hoax. Then this week, Trump told 60 Minutes that he believes the climate is changing — but that the change isn’t caused by humans, and it will probably change back.

Trump said the economy is more important than the climate, so trying to fight climate change makes no sense. He said it would cost jobs, and for no good reason.

This week, we check in with our friends at KCRW in Southern Caifornia to compare our contrasting local views on climate change and energy jobs.

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The Future of the Supreme Court

With all turmoil surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, red and blue state voters are taking the long view. This is the second episode of “Red State Blue State,”  WVPB’s collaboration with KCRW in California. There have been times time when the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to be apart from the partisanship that’s infected other government institutions.

But President Trump’s choice of Kavanaugh — and the sexual assault accusations against the him -— have sent Americans on the Left and the Right running to their corners.

“Red State” host Trey Kay went to a Trump rally in Wheeling to talk to supporters, and “Blue State” host Chery Glaser brings us the voices of fearful protestors in California.

We’d like to know what your thoughts are: 

Appalachia, meet California

If you really listen, we sound like two different countries: Red America and Blue America. Then again, most of us are not listening. Heading into the midterms KCRW and WVPB are teaming up to try to change that.

“Red State, Blue State” is a weekly conversation between Californians and West Virginians about the issues that divide us.

Most Californians want to dump Trump. Many West Virginians relish riding the Trump Train. But what is beyond the political platitudes? The current political drama in Washington is just the latest symptom of our red-blue divide.

So, how do Californians and Appalachians feel about each other? We go there.

“Red state” host of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s podcast Us & Them, Trey Kay, spoke with his cousin Hollis Jones, a mechanic, about his take on the Golden State. And “blue state” host Chery Glaser talked with Connie Hoy, who grew up in the Mountain State but left years ago, and lived in Northern California for quite some time.

We’d like to know what your thoughts are: 

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