2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum**FOR AND ABOUT WAYNE POWELL from me and obxhead (working furiously on Sandy cleanup @ golf course!)
Powell campaign not spending funds on polling, but good news, AND could use funds for FINAL WEEKEND of GOTV!
Culpeper County Democratic Committee Canvassing results from Wayne Powell's campaign: twice as many respondents say they are voting for Powell as for Cantor. If that translates to actual votes, we'll have a winning candidate! The sample includes moderate voters from both parties plus independents.
'Cantors own campaign admits Powell is the congressmans most serious opponent since he took on Dukes of Hazzard star, Ben Cooter Jones, back in 2002. Cantor won by a big margin, but his numbers have slipped in the decade since, giving Powell hope that he can unseat the Majority Leader.
A look at Henrico County, the districts largest and home to the Richmond suburbs, bears that out. In 2002, Cantor won Henrico by 46 points. In 2006, he won it by just 27 points. (Democrats didnt run a candidate in 2004 and Cantor beat Independent, W. Brad Blanton, by a 3-to-1 margin.) In 2008, the margin in Henrico slipped to 22 points and by 2010, it was just 19.
It mirrors Cantors shrinking margin of victory across Virginias Seventh Congressional District. He won re-election in 2002 by 39 points, then saw the gap narrow to 30 points in 06, 26 points in 08 and 25 points in 2010. It was a solid margin, to be sure, but half of what it once was.
Wayne Powell still has an uphill climb in his campaign to win the Virginia seat, but the numbers show that the odds of him pulling it off arent nearly as long as they once were. Dave Mudcat Saunders is a longtime political strategist who helped Jim Webb and Mark Warner win in Virginia. Hes working for Powell now and Monday on The Daily Rundown, Mudcat said that Virginia is the tale of two states. He says in the northern part of the state, its hard to find a Republican with a search warrant, but even so, the national Democratic party writes off Virginia. Mudcat says the Democrats need to come to Virginia with a message that gives more credit and respect to the Old Dominions culture.'
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blm
(113,065 posts); )
elleng
(130,974 posts)and laughing as I imagine it!
obxhead
(8,434 posts)Provided it's within the US.
PM me or elleng for contact info to phone bank from your PC, home phone, cell phone, or pay phone. GOTV!
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Cantor needs to go down for so many reasons! However one that really gets to me is how he treated his own State of Va. The very citizens that he swore to defend and protect. During their disaster last year did he rush to VA.to help? No he postured before Congress and said he would not give relief unless it would be balanced by cuts in other areas. Political posturing pompous ass!
This is not the America I know!
Like so many GOP they are in it for themselves and their rich supporters. I am the lucky state that had RMoney as govenor...when we had disastrous flooding in the western part of our state...RMoney was AWOL! He was at an economic summit. Surprised? I didn't think so! Same way he would be for America. God help us!
As democrats we need to do this together!
Let's vote!
elleng
(130,974 posts)Voted yesterday; going to Virginia (where I don't vote!) for Voter Protection Tuesday.
Somehow doubt decisive results for Pres. Tues, but possible 7th District will be clear.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Luck to us all on Nov.6!
Fingers crossed. Prayers said.
elleng
(130,974 posts)jsmirman
(4,507 posts)Good luck and fight your asses off!!!
I'll be a "listed" supporter of Wayne after feeding donations pretty steadily for the last few months - a fight that is very worth waging.
GO GO GO
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Good luck to you in VA!
and Good Luck to The USA Nov. 6!
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)good luck!!!
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Good luck to America on Nov. 6