West Virginia
Manchin popularity drops double digits in West Virginia
(The Heart Sq.) – Sen. Joe Manchin’s approval score dropped by double digits in his residence state of West Virginia, which makes him one of the vital unpopular senators, based on a latest Morning Seek the advice of ballot.
Solely 42% of registered voters approve of Manchin and 51% disapprove after the senator misplaced plenty of assist from Republicans and independents. In a ballot throughout the first quarter of 2022, his approval score was near 60% and his disapproval score was lower than 40%. The change in his approval score may very well be rooted in his latest assist for a few of President Joe Biden’s coverage agendas.
Manchin’s approval score dropped considerably amongst impartial voters, of which solely 31% approve. His approval score is 44% amongst Republican voters and 52% amongst Democratic voters. About 52% of independents disapprove of the senator, as do 53% of Republicans and 45% of Democrats.
Though Manchin is a Democrat, he is likely one of the most reasonable senators in his get together. By means of a lot of the yr, his approval score was considerably larger amongst Republicans than amongst Democrats.
Earlier within the yr, Manchin had fought towards elements of Biden’s power agenda and a few of his spending plans. But, he switched gears on the extra reasonable different referred to as the Inflation Discount Act. Though the act was a watered down model of the Construct Again Higher plan, it’s going to nonetheless improve taxes on massive firms and will create issues for the coal trade with larger taxes and doubtlessly stricter rules.
“Following 1 / 4 during which he performed a pivotal position within the enactment of Democrats’ Inflation Discount Act — an enormous local weather, well being care and taxes measure — Manchin noticed a larger decline in his approval score and a bigger surge in disapproval than another Senate incumbent,” Morning Seek the advice of’s evaluation famous. “That has dragged him to related ranges of home-state assist held by controversial senators reminiscent of Democrat Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Republicans Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all of whom are amongst America’s most unpopular senators.”
The brand new ballot reveals Manchin with the third highest disapproval score amongst voters in a senator’s residence state. The one two senators who’ve larger disapproval scores are Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky with 63% disapproving and Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin with 55% disapproving.
West Virginia head coach Neal Brown believes his team can achieve something this season that would be a first in program history – reach the College Football Playoff.
Simply based on the format expanding from a four-team field to twelve, WVU’s chances are already significantly higher than in year’s past. In the previous format, the Mountaineers would have had to win 10 or more games (maybe even 11 or more) and win the Big 12 Conference championship. Now, that’s not the case. There could be years where you may not play for the title game in Arlington, but still find a way into the CFP, although unlikely. Making it to the Big 12 championship could be enough to get you in that top 12, assuming you don’t get there with an 8-4 record.
As you would expect, West Virginia is considered a long shot to clinch a berth in the CFP with +1500 odds according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
They currently have the same odds as Big 12 foe TCU, but have longer odds than Appalachian State (+1400), UTSA (+1300), Tulane (+1000), and Memphis (+600). How so? The highest ranked Group of Five conference champion will punch their ticket. West Virginia has the ninth-best odds among Big 12 schools, checking in behind Utah (+260), Kansas State (+310), Kansas (+700), Arizona (+950), Oklahoma State (+950), Texas Tech (+950), Iowa State (+950), and UCF (+1100).
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Emmitt Matthews Jr. has been to the Atlanta Hawks Summer League roster.
The former West Virginia University forward spent last season with the Hawks’ G League affiliate, College Park Skyhawks. He made 30 appearances with 14 starts and averaged 3.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game, including producing a season-high 13 points against the Maine Celtics, two games after snagging a season-high eight rebounds.
Matthews spent his first three seasons at WVU and averaged 6.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game during that span before transferring to his home state and joined the University of Washington Huskies where he averaged 11.7 and 4.7 rebounds per game in 32 starts.
The Tacoma native returned to Morgantown for his final year of eligibility and helped guide the Mountaineers back to the NCAA tournament, averaging 10.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
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