Chris Christie has become a national phenomenon. His “crushing margin” for re-election as governor of New Jersey on Tuesday has landed him on the cover of Time. He’s now considered a “leading contender” for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Christie clearly has the attention of the national media, as […] Read more »
Black voters were a big reason McAuliffe won in Virginia
Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost white voters to Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli by 20 points in the Virginia governor’s race, 56-36 percent. But McAuliffe still won the election by 3 points, 48-45 percent. How is that possible when more than seven-in-10 (72 percent) of Virginia voters Tuesday were white? Simple: […] Read more »
About last night (in Virginia and New Jersey) . . .
… Lost in the rush by most in the media to impose their pre-conceived narrative of “conservatives bad, moderates good” on last night’s result is the fact that a close race in Virginia is hugely good news for Republicans. Cuccinelli probably did as poorly as a Republican can do in terms of […] Read more »
Virginia, New Jersey results highlight Republican Party’s divisions, problems
Tuesday’s elections, which produced a resounding Republican victory in New Jersey and a dispiriting loss for the GOP in Virginia, highlighted the challenges ahead for a badly divided party — and will probably intensify an internal debate about how to win back the White House in 2016. … The outcomes […] Read more »
Exit polls: Christie and McAuliffe took different paths to victory
The fact that Chris Christie rolled to a second term in New Jersey and Terry McAuliffe won in Virginia wasn’t a surprise. Public opinion polls have consistently shown both men in the lead. But the exit polls showed two very different paths to victory. Christie steamrolled hapless Democratic nominee Barbara […] Read more »
Exit Poll Results Tell a Tale of Two Republicans
Broad personal and professional appeal lifted Chris Christie to easy re-election in New Jersey, yet without the clear home state endorsement for the presidency he might have wanted. His fellow Republican, Ken Cuccinelli, lost a far closer contest in Virginia, done in by a mismatch on ideology in general and […] Read more »