February 13, 2008
GOP Singing The Virginia Blues?
No one doubts, of course, that Maryland and Washington, D.C., will be solid blue come November. But, Virginia, a state that gave Pres. Bush 54% in '04, is looking less red these days. In the last three elections ('05, '06 and '07), Virginia voters have elected a Dem Gov. (Tim Kaine), a Dem Sen. (Jim Webb), and a Democratic controlled state senate. But, turn-out for the 2/12 primary also confirmed that Republicans shouldn't consider Virginia's 13 electoral votes to be in the bank.
Let's take a look. In MD, Dems outnumbered GOPers nearly 3:1 and DC Dems outnumbered GOPers nearly 20:1. But in Virginia, nearly 1 million voters cast Democratic ballots on Tuesday, more than twice the number who voted in the GOP primary.
(MATTHEW GOTTLIEB)
Posted at 07:32 AM
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yes, but you also have a scenario on the Republican side where the nominee is all but decided, in contrast to the Democratic race. Frankly, I'm surprised that many Republicans showed up to vote!
mike | 02.13.08 10:20 AM
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The Democrats who have won in VA have all been very centrist. Clinton and Obama have had to take some liberal stances in order to pander to the far-left of the Democrat Party. Those issues will come back to haunt them in November in states like Virginia.
Kevin Cerino | 02.13.08 03:30 PM
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