Is Virginia headed for a recount?
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Probably. The Republicans should just give it up and admit defeat.
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You could debate that point. \n\nWhen election boards suddenly find a box of ballots that has just enough votes for their candidate to win (example - the last Washington Governor election), you could probably say it was rigged.\n\nIt is only certain that an election was rigged if Jimmy Carter certifies it.
950698
Allen (Macacawitz)conceded.  No recount.  Dems have both chambers.  There is a God.
900722
Could be, some of the toss-up states (e.g. VA) are within a thousand votes.  Close enough to count the absentee ballots.
774258
No.  Because voting polls are open between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM and then the votes have to be tallied.\n\nIf the Reps win, we will know for sure that the elections are rigged.  That would not surprise me after all that I have seen in my years on this planet.  Sad.
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Allen is behind, but can't demand a recount for 20 days, which he will. He was behind all the dirty tactics, like calling black voters and telling them all sorts of lies. Just like 2004.
457470
might get a honest election ?
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Not much. It's close enough to give Allen the right to a recount according to VA state law, but not really close enough for one to have much of a chance of changing the outcome.\n\nLast year there was a recount in the state attorney general election. The total # of votes was about the same as this election and the recount only shifted the count by about 35 votes, adding a bit to the winner's lead. Webb is ahead by about 7300 votes.
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He conceded!  \n\nDidn't have a small enough margin to call for a recount. And Allen is due to concede, as well, so it's officially a Democratic majority in the Senate!
10389
Since Howard Dean is controlling the Democratic Party, I do not think that the Democrats will fare well in 2008.  I expect George Allen, a senator and former governor from Virginia, to win the election.  Any Democratic candidate will suffer the same baggage that has bogged down all post-Clinton Democratic campaigns, first under McAuliffe's leadership, and now Dean.  As influential as MoveOn.org may be, Karl Rove and Ken Melman are just too politically savvy to let an election slip away, particularly when they're not facing stiff competition.
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This is exactly why Floridians demanded the recount be out in the open for public scrutiny.  Perhaps that should be the norm for all elections.
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Political analysts seem to generally concur that this midterm is going to be especially bad for Republican candidates, although they differ considerably in their estimates of how bad exactly.  Some think that Democrats will only pick up a few especially weak seats (think DeWine, Chafee, and Santorum in the Senate, or Cunningham in the House) but remain relegated to the minority.  Others believe that general anger against the "culture of corruption" will produce a wave effect that may give the Democrats back the House and even (although more unlikely) the Senate.\n\nCalifornia, where I live, is an interesting situation.  First of all, it's huge, so it depends where you're talking about, specifically.  The coastal areas, which are heavily Democratic, are likely to remain so.  The Republican seats inland, with the exception of Cunningham (who was ousted after being charged with bribery), are also fairly safe, however, merely because our disricts are so gerrymandered - I believe that over 90% are considered to heavily favor one party or another.  California's senator up for re-election, is Dianne Feinstein, who is almost sure to win another term.  Governor Schwarzenegger is facing strong competition from two Democrats, Phil Angelides and Steve Westly, and preliminary polling indicates that either of the two, both largely unknown, would be able to defeat him - he lost a lot of goodwill after calling a special election.\n\nVirginia, I will openly admit to not knowing nearly as much about.  However, I do know that their former governer, Democrat Mark Warner (who is now eyeing a Presidential bid) was extremely popular, and helped to raise pro-Democratic sentiment there, leading to a surprisingly large win for their current Democratic governor, Tim Kaine.  All this suggests a growing shift to the left in Virginia, which could manifest itself in Republican losses in the House.  However, I'm not sure that it's enough to sweep out Allen, who is the Republican senator currently up for re-election.  He is facing a fairly strong candidate, but is still not considered to be one of the weakest candidates.  He is considering a presidential bid, though, which may eventually leave his seat open.\n\nI hope this was of some help! I didn't get any information from it, but if you're still interested, you might try looking at the Cook Political Report ( http://www.cookpolitical.com/ ), which is a non-partisan group of analysts.
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Careful with your prediction! Many of the gains made by the Dems were from Conservative Dems such as Joe Lieberman. Even if the VA seat falls to a Dem, Joe is likely to rally other conservative Dems in support of the war against terrorism. I think this may be a much needed booster for the war... the vote indicates that we want change but by clinging to the conservative values albeit Dems, we're saying that change should not be a full scale retreat that hands over the victory to terrorists.
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DEMOCRATS.\n\nGo to Yahoo news. Democrats won control of the House, and now have control of the Senate. The Senate race from Virginia determined who won, a DEOMCRAT won the race, but they will have  are re-count later this month because he won by 7,000 votes.
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The democraps are already demanding a recount.
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they better not be, or the democrats who won yesterday will find themselves and their buddies out COME NEXT ELECTION.\n\nThe People are finally speaking. \n\nRepresent us, or you are out.
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Neither side dominated.  Control of the senate will hinge on the outcome of the Virginia senate race between Webb and Allen.  Right now the Dem, Webb, is ahead but there will probably be a recount.