Do you live in Virginia? Or New Mexico? (Or maybe Colorado or New Hampshire.) If you do, you may hold in your hands the biggest chance that your one vote might change the course of the election. There’s a one-in-ten-million chance your vote could be decisive. I replicate the image (without permission, but with attribution) below so that you see what the current math looks like that getting an extra vote in any given state could turn the tide. The best return to value appears to be in New Mexico and Virginia.
(from the Red State Blue State Rich State Poor State blog)
Not that you should need this encouragement to vote. Just know that you are going to stand in line for a long time if you haven’t voted absentee. Crowds are going to be high this year — I’m virtually certain of that.
Something else I’m certain of? Virginia will still have a Senator Warner. I was thinking that with the right turnout, maybe he’d break 60% of all votes, but it’s looking like a near sure thing. The state Republicans really blew it by nominating Jim Gilmore. The next question is, will they continue to retrench on those conservative lines or open up the tent more? I’ll be waiting and watching.
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