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FBaggins

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1. VA's gubernatorial cycle causes all kinds of mischief

Reply to Amishman (Original post)

Fri Oct 29, 2021, 05:47 AM

Oct 2021

This isn’t uncommon for the commonwealth at all. Their one-term limit means that there’s never an incumbency advantage and they’re always one year after the presidential race - when new presidents are frequently crashing in popularity.

It’s a recipe for disaster that has very often resulted in the president’s party losing VA.

But McAuliffe has beaten that trend before.

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538's average now shows VA governor race tied [View all] Amishman Oct 2021 OP

VA's gubernatorial cycle causes all kinds of mischief FBaggins Oct 2021 #1

McAuliffe's 2013 win was very narrow onenote Oct 2021 #4

Agreed on all points FBaggins Oct 2021 #5

the failed ceo of "the carlyle group" seems to be s trump style "man of the people." rampartc Oct 2021 #2

Fuck 538, I trust no polls. gab13by13 Oct 2021 #3

I agree. When and why have we started trusting the veracity of polls? Greybnk48 Oct 2021 #7

Yes, we live in a divided country greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #6