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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumshow does VA have Warner at 45 and Gilliespe at 52 this makes no sense.
I really am not liking this.
unless Nor VA hasn't been counted yet.
Robbins
(5,066 posts)Republican areas always come in first In VA.
Rex
(65,616 posts)A lot of this stinks.
NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)Always have, always will.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)But it really should not be this close
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Most of Fairfax hasn't even been touched
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)I'm not sure how reputable they are so i won't post a link.
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)This is the mechanics of the situation: the smaller the district, the less likely it is to be urban, and thus the less Democratic it is going to be. There are fewer votes to count in these districts, so early returns always skew towards the small-district demographic, i.e. rural, GOP voters.
As the night goes on, districts with a higher population (more urban, and thus more Democratic) are still counting votes while the smaller districts are done. So it looks like the GOP has a lead when they really don't. They could be getting wiped out in a wave election and this phenomenon would still be happening.
tritsofme
(17,422 posts)over the last several cycles. Republican goes up big early, and it keeps narrowing until the Democrat wins, often decisively.