He won it because he spent more money in NVA driving up Romney’s negatives. That is the strategy McAuliffe has been trying. NVA is more blue but not nearly as blue as people assume. McDonnell won nearly all of it when he took the state in 2009 with 60%. Virginia is a state you have to fight for as are most states. The GOP too often wants it easy.
McDonnell barely won 50% in NoVA and the Dems had an historically low turnout. Aproximately 2 million votes were cast for all candidates in 2009 compared to 3.7 million total votes in 2008 and 3.9 million in 2012.
This is still very much of an uphill fight for Ken. He will need a big turnout from Reps. Unfortunately, Bill Bolling and his ilk are splitting the GOP. Bolling is a sore loser who would prefer to see Cuccinelli lose even if it means McAwful wins.
Virginia is a state you have to fight for as are most states. The GOP too often wants it easy.
A tremendous effort was mounted in VA in 2012 by the GOP. We increased our vote total by almost 100,000 over 2008 compared to Obama's 12,000 vote increase, but we still lost by 150,000 votes.
The real problem is that the Dems outnumber us and the margin continues to increase. It is going to take a small miracle for us to win. We need every vote.