Terry McAuliffe Leads in Final Polls

[Jeanne_S]

Aaaaannnd Terry McAuliffee reclaims the lead.

Blechhhhhhh…

 

[smichhertz]

Blechhhhhhh…

Yup, that’s Fairfax County for you. HUGE population and a lot of paper balloting so they take way longer to get their vote in.

I think it’ll be clear that Sarvis was the difference.

 

[markomalley]

 

[smichhertz]

Well, if Cuccinelli can keep it within 1%, he can request a recount. Not sure that’ll really help much though…

 

[ProVobis]

Yup, that’s Fairfax County for you. HUGE population and a lot of paper balloting so they take way longer to get their vote in.

I think it’ll be clear that Sarvis was the difference.

The 7% is huge but without Sarvis on the ballot maybe many of them wouldn’t have voted at all. Still, for a third party, it’s significant, no doubt about it.

 

[MichaelTDoyle]

I fear for my state. If my job wasn’t here I’d seriously consider moving. Then again it is a call to action now for pro-life groups. The country has chosen abortion on demand once again. This after Gosnell. The struggle to change hearts and minds when people are so ready to embrace the worst evil makes me want to :bighanky:

 

[LiberalPrincess]

How’s 2014 looking now, right wingers?

 

[Jeanne_S]

I fear for my state. If my job wasn’t here I’d seriously consider moving. Then again it is a call to action now for pro-life groups. The country has chosen abortion on demand once again. This after Gosnell. The struggle to change hearts and minds when people are so ready to embrace the worst evil makes me want to :bighanky:

I hear ya.It is saddening and puzzling,especially considering McCaulliffe is a Catholic and that so many who are Catholic are gleeful that he prevailed.

 

[CatholicFireman]

I fear for my state. If my job wasn’t here I’d seriously consider moving. Then again it is a call to action now for pro-life groups. The country has chosen abortion on demand once again. This after Gosnell. The struggle to change hearts and minds when people are so ready to embrace the worst evil makes me want to :bighanky:

I agree. And I too blame Fairfax (biting the hand that feeds me but I don’t care).

 

[ishii]

Amazing that Cuccinelli was able to finish as strong as he did - considering the massive disparity in campaign $$ - 2-1 in favor of McCauliffe. Also, the 3rd party guy had to take votes away from Cucinelli. This is one of those races where those voting for 3rd party might have helped McCauliffe win.

Ishii

 

[_Abyssinia]

Amazing that Cuccinelli was able to finish as strong as he did - considering the massive disparity in campaign $$ - 2-1 in favor of McCauliffe. Also, the 3rd party guy had to take votes away from Cucinelli. This is one of those races where those voting for 3rd party might have helped McCauliffe win.

Ishii

McCauliffe had Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton in Virginia campaigning for him, spent more than $15 million Cuccinelli’s campaign, and Cuccinelli is Tea Party candidate who lost by 2.5%! McCauliffe won, but this should be a big wake up call to Democrats, this was not a runaway victory. If Sarvis was not in the race, it is possible that Cuccinelli could of won.

 

[DeniseNY]

I’m really interested in finding out more about the funding this third party candidate received, and from whom.

 

[_Abyssinia]

I’m really interested in finding out more about the funding this third party candidate received, and from whom.

He got some of his funding from a Obama campaign bundler

forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=11372018&postcount=27

 

[_Abyssinia]

Political Scientist: Cuccinelli’s Showing May Curb GOP Move to Middle

Republican Ken Cuccinelli’s unexpectedly strong showing in the Virginia governor’s race will make it more difficult for moderate members of the GOP to pull the party toward the center, says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Polls had shown Cuccinelli down by 7 points to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, but Cuccinelli, a tea party favorite, led vote counts most of the night, with Clinton administration insider McAuliffe pulling out a late victory as bigger cities were counted.

“Whether it’s one vote or a million, you’re governor for four years,” Sabato said. Still, he said, “The conservative Republicans will certainly take heart from the fact that Cuccinelli has done better than expected.”

The big story, Sabato said, is Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s huge re-election win in a “deeply blue state.” Christie took 59 percent of the vote. He’s the first Republican to win statewide with more than 50 percent since George H.W. Bush in 1988.

The United States is so politically polarized that it is remarkable any time a Democrat can win in a heavily red state or a Republican can win in a heavily blue state, Sabato said.

“Christie has shown the way,” Sabato said. “The question, again, is whether the Republican activists – who are mainly social conservatives, tea party people, libertarians – whether they’re willing to embrace somebody as moderate-conservative as Chris Christie.”

 

[DeniseNY]

He got some of his funding from a Obama campaign bundler

forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=11372018&postcount=27

Of course!

 

[Mrs_Sally]

I came here today looking for advice! Do I vote or not at all? Because while Cucinelli seems to be the right choice when it comes to abortion, I find suspect his part in the government shut-down, even though he’s not an incumbent (and I was just going to not vote for the incumbents whose brilliant idea it was to shut down our country’s government).

To vote or not to vote?! I’m feeling like no vote would be a moral/ethical choice. Even the Libertarian option, Robert Sarvis, isn’t an option with his wishy-washy approach to abortion.

Sigh.

It’s too late for this year, but I say we should always vote. Especially in “off-year” elections and especially for down-ticket races. That is one way we can shape the direction of a party. The down ticket races in particular often feature the people who will eventually move up-ticket to hold positions like Governor or US Representative, etc.

I also vote in primaries since that shapes the party’s representation even more directly.

 

[Mrs_Sally]

I hear ya.It is saddening and puzzling,especially considering McCaulliffe is a Catholic and that so many who are Catholic are gleeful that he prevailed.

I just don’t understand this. He’s Catholic with 5 children. Pelosi is Catholic with 5 children, etc. etc. They got married, had children, raised them well, obviously are proud of them - but they want everyone else to have abortions!

It just reeks of class and race discrimination! I can have my lovely family, but you poor, black or hispanic people all need abortions. Grrrr!!

 

[Jeanne_S]

I just don’t understand this. He’s Catholic with 5 children. Pelosi is Catholic with 5 children, etc. etc. They got married, had children, raised them well, obviously are proud of them - but they want everyone else to have abortions!

It just reeks of class and race discrimination! I can have my lovely family, but you poor, black or hispanic people all need abortions. Grrrr!!

So much for the party of compassion and concern for the little guy

 

[Al_Moritz]

From the Wall Street Journal opinion page:

The Portents of 2013

Two excerpts:

But Mr. Cuccinelli’s dour social conservatism hurt him among some voters. His positions on abortion and gay marriage are the same as Mr. McDonnell’s and for that matter not much different from Mr. Christie’s. Yet Mr. Cuccinelli sometimes gives the impression of being a charter member of the cast-the-first-stone coalition, which made it easier for Democrats to stereotype him with their deluge of TV ads financed by the Clinton machine.

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One mistake for the GOP to avoid is casting Mr. Christie as a “moderate” because he won twice in a Democratic state. The Governor has by and large governed as a conservative reformer. He vetoed a tax increase on millionaires and capped property taxes. He pushed tenure reforms that will make it easier to fire bad teachers, and he extracted far more pension reform out of a Democratic legislature than did Democratic Governors Jerry Brown in California or Andrew Cuomo in New York.

 

[SuperLuigi]

Uh…25 to 1? According to CNN Cuccinelli has spent $20 million, and McAuliffe has spent $34 million. Yep, that’s a disparity, but it’s not out of this world.

One report said 10:1 TV advertising.

The magnitude may be off, but the general idea stands.