The presidential campaigns have only 41 days left to get to every corner of every battle ground state and get out the vote. That effort includes Virginia, where both Romney and Obama have been campaigning. Obama currently holds a 4.5 point lead in the state, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.
Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich took a drive down there yesterday to get a sense of where the campaigns are spending their resources and what the voters are saying, and also to get a sense of how the Senate race in Virginia is shaping up.
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Shame on you for your very skewed coverage of Virginia. For your representation of the "liberal north" you pick a right wingnut Teabagger to equate the area to N. Korea, N. Vietnam & conclude it's "communist". That's news?? Why not interview people who are actually representative of the area?? There's too much of this kind of crap cropping up on public radio.
The show this morning erroneously reported that the NY Times expert Nate Silver gives President Obama a 72% chance of winning Virginia, if the election were held today. Actually, the analysis gives Obama a 91% chance of winning Virginia if the election were held today. The 72% figure is looking ahead to November 6 (both figures are reported on the fivethirtyeight site). The November % is lower because things could change in the next six weeks, so present leads are so secure.
Maybe I should move to Virginia...Nobody really debates the Presidential election in Brooklyn.I never get any calls from anybody about anything.
Maybe that is why I have so many Republican friends, to have someone to debate and engage with people who think differently... I treat them kindly, the way I want to be treated as a Met fan during the Yankee playoff run every Fall...
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