4 Days to Election Day: Virginia

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  November 2nd at 12:22 AM  | 

Unlike North Carolina to the south, the situation for Romney in Virginia will be much more difficult. In North Carolina, he only has to overcome a 21,000 vote disadvantage from 2008. In Virginia, Obama won by 262,000 votes in 2008. Realizing that the margin of victory will be nowhere near that for him this time around, the swing in votes from 2004 to 2008 is | Read More »

Around the U.S. in 50 Days: Virginia

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  February 9th at 01:34 AM  | 

Virginia may very well prove to be an early predictor of results on Election Day 2012. Obama desperately needs to hang onto Virginia’s 13 electoral votes in order to be reelected. Although he would still have a path to victory, especially if he manages to retain a Pennsylvania or Ohio (although I am putting them in the GOP column at this point), it would create | Read More »