Dont get upset over Virginia tomorrow night

[mgcgulfcoast]

they always report rural areas first and northern VA last so if romney is +10 early dont get worried. in 2008 i thought mccain was winning at first.

[hrmjustin]

1. That is what I have been telling my friends. Don't panic.

[Renew Deal]

2. And if Obama wins VA, the election is essentially over.

[davidpdx]

16. Well it depends when Ohio and Florida are called

If both of those have been called then yes Virginia would make it almost impossible for Romney to win. I think Virginia will be called earlier and we may have to wait on Ohio and Florida though.

[BlueDemKev]

3. That's True.

I remember seven years ago when Tim Kaine was elected governor, he was trailing badly in early returns, then in the blink of an eye, Kaine took a commanding lead and was declared the winner.

[vdogg]

4. I was

Going to post this earlier today. Virginia numbers always look terrible at first cause NOVA always comes in late.

[TroyD]

5. "they always report rural areas first and northern VA last"

Why?

[mgcgulfcoast]

7. i have no idea but they do it every election

in 2006 it looked like allen was going to win but then the northern va votes came in and his lead evaporated.

[gkhouston]

11. There may still be people waiting to vote in NVA when the polls close. n/t

[jimlup]

6. I recall making calls to Virgina in '08 from Michigan to help get out the Democratic vote.

I assume we should be doing exactly this tomorrow as well!

[CuriousAboutPolls]

8. MSNBC

I can just hear Chuck Todd now. "Romney is up big in Virginia. If you look at the map, you can see that all these counties have already voted and Romney has a decided advantage. These three red counties aren't in and they are expected to go big for the challenger as well. You're going to want to ignore this county up here, that is where the cities are....mumble mumble(is he chewing gum?) and so Romney has clearly won Virginia's 13 electoral votes."

[mgcgulfcoast]

9. i wont be fooled

[Lord_Maculus]

14. Todd is a corporate toad, but...

I think that he'll at least do his job and be a professional on Election Night. Especially after making an absolute fool out of himself earlier today with whatever the hell it was that he was trying to do with his map. I think he just loves pimping the horse race, and tried to spin it for Romney for as long as he possibly could. Now that it's closing time, he has slowly started to shift his projection in President Obama's favor and seems a bit grim when discussing Romney's chances. He wants to position himself on the winning side, and be able to say that he knew it was coming all along.

[renate]

10. thank you so much!

Great reminder!

[Invidious]

12. Reporting order for regions of VA(from what I have seen)

1st. Western VA (STRONG RED AREA)
2nd. Tidewater(Where I live, purple area..VA Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Williamsburg leans RED, Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton and Portsmouth STRONG Blue)
3rd.(last) NoVA..STRONG Blue

[JiminyJominy]

13. Virginia will be called for Obama around 930EST

and that'll be our very first real indication that our guy has won.

God Willing.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

15. VA is going Obama

If we have really good turnout, we might flip a congressional district and get rid of Eric Cantor.

[underpants]

17. I agree - the Kaine campaign has been incredible

Kaine may very well make the difference upward on the ballot