2008.11.04
Analysis: Some minor adjustments to the Virginia map
A few late tweaks to the map:
* Dickenson County has gone back to McCain, which means the Republican swept the coalfields. He's the first Republican presidential candidate to win Buchanan and Dickenson counties since Richard Nixon in 1972. His margin in Dickenson: 37 votes.
* Suffolk has come in, and is going for Obama.
* Still some big chunks of votes out in Virginia Beach (McCain country) and Fairfax County (Obama country), and smaller bits missing in other pieces of Northern Virginia.
But not enough to make the difference, I don't think.
-- Dwayne Yancey, senior editor
Did you notice? All the major college localities went for Obama: Radford, Montgomery, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Charlottesville, Norfolk, Williamsburg, Fairfax, etc. Lynchburg was the only exception b/c Liberty by its nature voted McCain
Comment by college guy — November 5, 2008 @ 1:52 am