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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Virginia: Likely the GOP's Last Hope at Senate Control

It appears that there are still at least 50K-100K absentee ballots to be counted in Virginia. For Senator Allen and the GOP to retain the Senate, it appears Allen will have to win between 55-60% of the absentees. It all depends on whether the military (Quantico, Norfolk, VA Beach) comprises a large enough percentage - but there's no doubt that he still has an excellent chance. I just hope there aren't many ballots from dead people, or he could be in trouble.

PS - the one interesting thing from the exit polls was where the Democrat/GOP support came from. People making $30K-200K supported Allen, while the "middle class" (defined by Dems) making <$30K and over $200K supported Webb. Hmm...

*Update*
Now it seems people are saying that many of the absentee ballots were already counted and included in the current tallies. Obviously that would be bad news for Allen if true.