Virginia race too close to call

[AceRothstein]

Cuccinelli lead down to 400 votes

The Huffington Post website shows he still has a 1400 vote lead with 86% of the vote counted.

Those are precincts counted, not overall vote. Precincts can vary greatly in how many votes they hold.

 

[Vox]

How can they call it when it's this close?

because of the precincts left

 

[TheOldSchool]

How can they call it when it's this close?

I'm looking through Virginia election laws. Apparently nobody has to break the 50% barrier to win or force a runoff.

No we don't have that.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

Cuccinelli has been in the lead all night. If the democrat goes on to win the race by a couple of percentage points, Cuccenili should not concede the race. Call for a recount and check for fraud.

 

[TemplarKormac]

How can they call it when it's this close?

I'm looking through Virginia election laws. Apparently nobody has to break the 50% barrier to win or force a runoff.

No we don't have that.

McAuliffe leading by 7,500 now.

Virginia Board of Elections - Election Night Results - November 5th, 2013

 

[TheOldSchool]

Cuccinelli has been in the lead all night. If the democrat goes on to win the race by a couple of percentage points, Cuccenili should not concede the race. Call for a recount and check for fraud.

Areas with the largest populations are the last to report.

 

[AceRothstein]

How can they call it when it's this close?

They are likely looking at the precincts that haven't been reported yet and can make calls based on historical data.

 

[Vox]

Cuccinelli has been in the lead all night. If the democrat goes on to win the race by a couple of percentage points, Cuccenili should not concede the race. Call for a recount and check for fraud.

The same picture was a year ago. It is because the last precincts to be counted are the heavily dimocrap ones - the suburbs where the DC workers live.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Man if I were a Cuccinelli supporter I'd be super pissed at Robert Sarvis right now...

 

[Sarah G]

McAuliffe in the lead and the projected winner.

 

[Ame®icano]

Cuccinelli has been in the lead all night. If the democrat goes on to win the race by a couple of percentage points, Cuccenili should not concede the race. Call for a recount and check for fraud.

The same picture was a year ago. It is because the last precincts to be counted are the heavily dimocrap ones - the suburbs where the DC workers live.

More dead people in those areas too...

Just sayin'...

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

Cuccinelli has been in the lead all night. If the democrat goes on to win the race by a couple of percentage points, Cuccenili should not concede the race. Call for a recount and check for fraud.

The same picture was a year ago. It is because the last precincts to be counted are the heavily dimocrap ones - the suburbs where the DC workers live.

This is still a blow to the democrats caused by the poisonous Obamacare. Cuccineli was supposed to lose by 20% and he was outspent 10 to 1 but nobody expected it to be this close.

 

[Nyvin]

At this point I'm more interested in the Attorney General's race...

 

[TemplarKormac]

Man if I were a Cuccinelli supporter I'd be super pissed at Robert Sarvis right now...

Not really. Obamacare had a big influence on this race. McAuliffe was poised to win by 5+. Convincingly. But given the meager total McAuliffe is winning by now, it appears that Virginia is a toss up.

Don't sit there and act like this is a convincing defeat. Obamacare weakened McAuliffe in the polls. Had this election been a couple of days later, Cuccinelli would have won. It's like going on a game winning drive, you throw an incomplete pass on fourth and goal to end the game.

 

[Jughead]

Cuccinelli has been in the lead all night. If the democrat goes on to win the race by a couple of percentage points, Cuccenili should not concede the race. Call for a recount and check for fraud.

Oh no. Just heard that McAuliffe is now in the lead by 5000 votes. Hopefully Cuccinelli re-takes the lead.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Man if I were a Cuccinelli supporter I'd be super pissed at Robert Sarvis right now...

Not really. Obamacare had a big influence on this race. McAuliffe was poised to win by 5+. Convincingly. But given the meager total McAuliffe is winning by now, it appears that Virginia is a toss up.

Don't sit there and act like this is a convincing defeat. Obamacare weakened McAuliffe in the polls. Had this election been a couple of days later, Cuccinelli would have won. It's like going on a game winning drive, you throw an incomplete pass on fourth and goal to end the game.

I just think McAuliffe is a terrible candidate. VA still lost today.

 

[Sarah G]

At this point I'm more interested in the Attorney General's race...

It's looking very close right now. About 2% difference at 90% of the vote. Democrats wanted to sweep those three. They did good and reporting is saying women were a factor.

 

[Political Junky]

McAuliffe won.

 

[TemplarKormac]

At this point I'm more interested in the Attorney General's race...

VA Attorney General:

Mark D. Obenshain (R): 50.98%

Mark R. Herring (D): 48.90%

90.95% precincts reporting

 

[TemplarKormac]

McAuliffe won.

The damage has been done. Obamacare will take it's toll on Democrats. The exit polls show that in Virgina.