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2016 Postmortem

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Nay

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6. IMO, as a voter in Cantor's district, Pubs here predominate and Cantor was
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:54 PM
Nov 2014

actually pissing off his base by being snotty and high-handed, and didn't feel like he had to meet with his constituents, etc. So the Pubs had a real primary with a dumb teabagger challenger. They, and (some say) a bunch of Democrats voted for the teabagger just to get Cantor out.

IOW, nothing has shifted as far as the makeup or conservatism of the district. It's just as conservative and hidebound as it ever has been. They just got sick of Cantor personally. They aren't out there today voting for the Democrat.

BTW, the turnout is crazy high today. I expect that the Republican, Dave Brat, will win.

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