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Rasmussen: McAuliffe Jumps Out to 17-Point Lead Over Ken Cuccinelli (Original Post) lowkell Oct 2013 OP
Exxxxxcellent *rubs hands together* NCLefty Oct 2013 #1
Heck of a job, Republicans! Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #2
It'll be 20 points by the time Frothy Santorum enters the Commonwealth.... GatorOrange Oct 2013 #3
What are chances of coattails on state Assembly races? VirginiaTarheel Oct 2013 #4
IF McAuliffe wins big lowkell Oct 2013 #6
Still need to GOTV, Virginia. FSogol Oct 2013 #5
We need a list of write-ins, too. sofa king Oct 2013 #15
GOTV. Only way to prove it is to get them out. ffr Oct 2013 #17
Santorum better start crackin' on that back door-to-door campaign Blue Owl Oct 2013 #7
Maybe that's what has given McAuliffe his big lead. DavidDvorkin Oct 2013 #8
I think that the Cooch should invite his buddy Rafael Cruz to another rally. Beacool Oct 2013 #9
LOL. Great idea. nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #14
Been expanding DCPSR Oct 2013 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #11
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #12
K & R SunSeeker Oct 2013 #13
in the bag mgcgulfcoast Oct 2013 #16

GatorOrange

(63 posts)
3. It'll be 20 points by the time Frothy Santorum enters the Commonwealth....
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:51 PM
Oct 2013

Keep riding Mark Levin's coattails Kookinelli! Hahahaha

VirginiaTarheel

(823 posts)
4. What are chances of coattails on state Assembly races?
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:59 PM
Oct 2013

I know gerrymandering is a major obstacle, but could this be a state wave election?

lowkell

(671 posts)
6. IF McAuliffe wins big
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 01:21 PM
Oct 2013

then it's certainly possible we could pick up a bunch of seats in the House of Delegates. Remember, there are 18 districts won by Tim Kaine last November that are currently held by Republican incumbents. So...if we turn out those voters, we win.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
15. We need a list of write-ins, too.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 03:48 PM
Oct 2013

Forty-four out of the 100 House of Delegates seats have incumbents running unopposed. The majority of those are Republican seats. Unless a miracle clean-sweep of the 56 contested seats happens, which seems exceedingly unlikely, we have to figure out how to carry this momentum into the uncontested elections.

The only way I can see that happening is through crash write-in campaigns, with money nobody has.

http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=8645

Virginians need to compile lists of write-in candidates for those unopposed districts--and I don't know election law well enough to know if the Democrats are even permitted to directly help at this stage.

I really hate to say this, because it sounds so silly, but I think that it is really important that write-in candidates have simple, easy to spell, easy to remember, unambiguous but unique names. Maybe we could find a willing "John Smith" in every district and run a statewide campaign for all of them under one unified banner.

Too bad Carl Peed isn't on our side.

DCPSR

(35 posts)
10. Been expanding
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 03:18 PM
Oct 2013

Makes sense. All the polls we have been tracking at http://www.reddit.com/r/ElectionPolls/ have showed expanding leads. The surprising thing about this poll is the fact it is Rasmussen. That in of itself is bad news the GOP. The shutdown completely caused an expanding race to lead to a rout.

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