Gallup found that every state in the US has conservatives outnumbering Liberals, though with Vermont and Massachusetts it was within the margin of error.

The problem is that Conservatives generally only vote about 80-20 Republican (i think) while Liberals vote 99-0 Democrat and Moderates about 65-35 Democrat, which means Conservatives need to make up about 40% of the electorate in order to win most elections.

As for the generic tally, it’s certainly good news, though i doubt we’re going to see the assembly flip party control (9 seats out of the 48 Democrats hold). A significant increase in Republican representation would certainly help Christie assuming he wins, and prevent politicos from spinning his victory as a personal one.

On the ground here in VA, seems like McDonnell is steamrolling…I have met just a handful of Deeds voters, and no block walkers for Deeds.

Home is in Tidewater, though work has had me living elsewhere for several years.

is that Conservatives have generally been very bad at identifying specifically what conservatism is, while at the same time they have been very good at identifying symbolically what conservatism means. Conservatives, the public hears, are for freedom, liberty, patriotism, traditional values, and personal responsibility. The problem is that there are a whole ton of people who consider themselves patriotic freedom-lovers who have a strong belief in the importance of traditional values and personal responsibility, who also happen to be of a much more liberal political persuasion.

Gallup ran a poll at the beginning of this month asking:

“In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?”
In a country that self-identified in the last election as 34% conservative, only 12% of the country answered that these laws should be made less strict.