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November 02, 2004
West Virginia | WV UPDATE
FIRST: Based on exit polling, West Viriginia has been called for Bush, and Joe Manchin III should be our next governor. The Nick Rahall/Rick Snuffer House race has not been called. Shelley Moore Capito is looking like she will hold her seat, based on exit polling.

A friend I took a trip covering eight of the most populated and contested counties in West Virigina: Cabell, Putnam, Kanawha, Logan, Boone, Lincoln, Raleigh, and Fayette. I am so sorry not to have blogged this afternoon, but the speed of the trip and the COMPLETE LACK of Internet or cell phone access in many of these counties prevented it. For a complete report on my 8-county trip, visit my blog, DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS.

One thing that we saw in all of these counties was that, after an initial surge early in the morning, there was rather slim voter turnout most of the day. (Kanawha County is perhaps an exception.) Also, most of the voters we saw were 30s and up; almost no young voters were seen at the polling places. The young vote Democrats were counting on in West Virginia simply did not materialize.

Posted by Steve Bragg at November 2, 2004 09:04 PM | TrackBack

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