Comments on: Blue Dominion

By: The Reality-Based Dave

The Reality-Based Dave — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:38:01 +0000

Due to illegal voter suppression, a 10% lead will mean Obama might squeak by – 49.5% to 49%

By: daniel rotter

daniel rotter — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:54:10 +0000

“Is Obama going to win by double digits in Virginia”?

No. These polls seem kind of fishy (and I say that as an Obama supporter).

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:38:21 +0000

I’ve read several in depth articles on polling procedures and I kind of have to agree with Farris, the system is dubious at best. When Obama was down I was doubting the polls. Is Obama going to win by double digits in Virginia? Who knows. Will a record-breaking number of Democrats come out to vote for Obama on November 4th? Well, I’d bet money on that.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:23:15 +0000

Oversampling Democrats by 10% will get you those kind of results.

Why not just whine that they’re oversampling people who support Obama? If you take a random sample of voters and X percent of the sample say they’re Republicans, you have a good estimate of the entire population.

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:08:57 +0000

Cry me a river, Farris.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:05:33 +0000

Oversampling Democrats by 10% will get you those kind of results.

By: ed

ed — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:49:30 +0000

Throw ‘em and anvil, people. Pedal to the metal. Stay on target. Eye of the tiger. And what have you.

By: Bijan C. Bayne

Bijan C. Bayne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:28:13 +0000

The commonwealth that elected Doug Wilder will put The Big O over the top.

By: A.R.Yngve

A.R.Yngve — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:54:05 +0000

In related news, Nurglon denies having eaten John McCain:
http://aryngve.blogspot.com/2008/10/nurglon-denies-having-eaten-john-mccain.html

By: Gyuss Baaltar

Gyuss Baaltar — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:53:19 +0000

C’mon folks! Go down to your local Obama office between 6 and 9 tonight. I guarantee you’ll find your friends and neighbors making phone calls and getting out the vote! This is a bottom up campaign, we can do this!

By: Karl Miller

Karl Miller — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:52:55 +0000

It’s been pretty exciting here in VA these past couple weeks. The voter registration deadline is today. I’ve been canvassing the past two Saturdays and the ground support is truly amazing. Arlington County is very Democratic in general, but they only got 55% voter turnout in 2004. The Obama reps I met said they’re aiming for 80% this year. Combined with Obama’s registration revolution from the primaries, this could make a huge difference.

By: Enlightened Liberal

Enlightened Liberal — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:51:10 +0000

Kind of puts egg on the face of the pundits, who were thrilled to say how impressive Palin was after the debate and how she stanched the Republican slide. But Virginia looked too, and saw that she is dangerously out of her depth.