Parts of Maryland are quite attuned culturally to neighboring West Virginia, but their politics had diverged. But now both may elect Republicans to the Senate.
have been intertwined for generations. Sometimes, that has led to land disputes that go as far as the Supreme Court, which is what happened in 1910 when the court issued a 9-0 ruling that held that the boundary between them was the south bank of the North Branch Potomac River.They have some similarities. Parts of Maryland are located in Appalachia, three counties to be exact, while all of neighboring West Virginia’s 55 counties are in Appalachia.
In Maryland, the change never happened. Hogan would go on and win a second term and would leave office in January 2023 with a whopping 77% of Marylanders approving of the job he did as governor. The poll, conducted for Gonzales Research & Media Services, also showed Hogan holding an 81% job approval rating among Democrats, higher than it was among Republicans, with 66% of nonaffiliated also approving.
The differences between Maryland and West Virginia begin interestingly at the South Branch of the Potomac, where Maryland heads east and its population booms in the greater metropolitan region of Baltimore and in the counties that surround Washington, D.C. Maryland benefits from access to power and wealth and its proximity to Washington, New York City, and the entire East Coast. West Virginia is landlocked and has a stunning but stubborn-to-develop terrain.
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