"Mr. Kaine, the current lieutenant governor, defeated Republican Jerry W. Kilgore by six percentage points in a contest that had been a statistical dead heat in the days before the election."
Do we know where all the King County, Wa. voting machines are?
You know, even without cheating, it is very possible to win by six percentage points after some poll said you were tied.
There is the margin of error to consider, and the poll could have been off.
Also, there was a break towards Caine near the end from independents/undecideds. Those people seemed to buy Caine as the moderate to conservative on various issues that he portrayed himself to be, and they liked him and his campaign, apparently, more than Kilgore and his campaign. These are just facts.
I have read where this VA Governor's race ended with virtually the same GOP-Dem percentages as the last one did when the President's popularity was sky high after 9-11.
Virginians are almost predictable in their patterns of voting in such races. I don't agree with them but there it is...
Good point...let's put this in a reverse situation. IF this statistical dead heat race had resulted in the Republican winning, what would the media be focusing on? They would not PRAISE Bush for his influence, the Dems would be crying election fraud and the press would run with the story from THAT perspective!.
USELESS