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Chasstev365

(5,191 posts) Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:40 PM Nov 2017

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So, I don't know VA politics very well. Who will win tomorrow: Northam or Gilesspe?

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So, I don't know VA politics very well. Who will win tomorrow: Northam or Gilesspe? (Original Post) Chasstev365 Nov 2017 OP

Northam, but it will be close. Turnout is important. FSogol Nov 2017 #1

Northam by 4 or 5 points. quartz007 Nov 2017 #2

Probably Northam Tiggeroshii Nov 2017 #3

I hear it's close enough to steal. Control-Z Nov 2017 #4

That's always what they shoot for but I think we've got this one. Mcauliffe... brush Nov 2017 #10

+1, VA isn't a Republican Voter Suppression state though so we'll see uponit7771 Nov 2017 #13

Depends on who counts the votes. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #5

Northam leads by 3.3% in the averages. Dawson Leery Nov 2017 #6

My worry is the 2014 Senate election... Drunken Irishman Nov 2017 #11

I think a lot of people were complacent that election RhodeIslandOne Nov 2017 #14

Are the VA state democrats doing anything to ensure a fair election? Chasstev365 Nov 2017 #7

Northam, I hope! FM123 Nov 2017 #8

hoping for northam fallout87 Nov 2017 #9

Depends on turnout MiniMe Nov 2017 #12

FSogol

(45,446 posts)

1. Northam, but it will be close. Turnout is important.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:42 PM

Nov 2017

quartz007

(1,216 posts)

2. Northam by 4 or 5 points.

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:43 PM

Nov 2017

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

3. Probably Northam

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:43 PM

Nov 2017

But not certain

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

4. I hear it's close enough to steal.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:46 PM

Nov 2017

That's all a republican needs, I'm afraid.

brush

(53,742 posts)

10. That's always what they shoot for but I think we've got this one. Mcauliffe...

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 12:27 AM

Nov 2017

left a good legacy by blocking all the repug vote suppression tactics and other dirty tricks.

Also Hillary won in Virginia.

uponit7771

(90,301 posts)

13. +1, VA isn't a Republican Voter Suppression state though so we'll see

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 04:10 AM

Nov 2017

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

5. Depends on who counts the votes.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:48 PM

Nov 2017

I'm not sure we know who that is.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

6. Northam leads by 3.3% in the averages.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:55 PM

Nov 2017

Kaine led by 3% in the averages in 2005.
He won by 5.8%.

Obama lead by 0.4% in 2012, he won the state by 4%.

If Democrats turnout, we will walk this.

If not, it will be very close, close enough to be stolen by David Gillespie Duke.

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

11. My worry is the 2014 Senate election...

Reply to Dawson Leery (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 12:36 AM

Nov 2017

Warner led by 9 points in the average of polls and barely (I mean barely) won that seat. Polling average had Hillary winning it by 5.3 and she won it by 5.4. So, pretty damn close.

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

14. I think a lot of people were complacent that election

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 04:52 AM

Nov 2017

This time there is NO excuse.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

7. Are the VA state democrats doing anything to ensure a fair election?

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:58 PM

Nov 2017

FM123

(10,053 posts)

8. Northam, I hope!

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:59 PM

Nov 2017

fallout87

(819 posts)

9. hoping for northam

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 11:01 PM

Nov 2017

but expecting Gillespie. This country is so Effed.

MiniMe

(21,709 posts)

12. Depends on turnout

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 02:36 AM

Nov 2017

Virginia is a bit of a strange state, it is almost like 2 states. Northern Virginia will go for Northam, the rest of VA will go for Gillespie imho. If there is a high voter turnout in Northern VA, I think Northam will win. If voter turnout is low, it will probably be Gillespie.

It has been a nasty campaign. I don't even live in Virginia, I live in Maryland, but we get Northern Virginia's commercials on the TV

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