Robert Sarvis didn’t cost Ken Cuccinelli the Virginia governor’s race

Crabtownboy · Nov 7, 2013

No surprise here.

In the wake of state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s narrow loss to Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe, many Republicans laid the blame for the defeat at the feet of Libertarian nominee Robert Sarvis, who took 6.5 percent of the vote. If only Sarvis hadn’t been in the race, a majority of his 145,560 votes would have gone to Cuccinelli and given the Republican just enough votes to overcome McAuliffe, the thinking goes. (Cuccinelli lost to McAuliffe by roughly 55,000 votes.)
But, that thinking is wrong. Check out this chart, built from the Virginia exit poll, that shows the three-way vote split and how it would have looked if the Sarvis voters had been dispersed among the two main candidates.

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Cuccinelli would have gone from 45 percent to 46 percent. McAuliffe would have stayed at 48 percent — and won.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...t-ken-cuccinelli-the-virginia-governors-race/
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Revmitchell · Nov 7, 2013

I see the DNC operatives are out in force.

thisnumbersdisconnected · Nov 7, 2013

It finally got to the point that when I see one of three screen names on a post, I don't even bother clicking on the thread. If I want to hear words from Jay Carney, I'll get them from the horse's a-- ... uh, mouth.

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