*Official Election 2005 Results Thread*

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Virginia is looking very good for Kaine right now.

Not so much because he is up by 6 in the absolute number, but because he is running 24 points ahead of his party's Lt. Gov candidate.   This must indicate a bunch of right-leaning voters ticket-splitting in Kaine's favor.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Where are you getting those numbers from?  I find that last update difficult to believe: It has >80% of the vote going to Kilgore since the last update.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm

Their result are really weird...Byrne is running 12 points AHEAD of Kaine right now, although it's 16% reporting vs. 20%.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Yeah, I knew something was fishy in those "official" results. 

I'm following the Washington Post cite, which I trust more, quite frankly, although it only has 10% reporting right now.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

True to form, Matt Drudge currently has the VA numbers reversed.

CORRECTION: Well, he just switched them.
But before, he proclaimed GOP LEADING!
And now he just gives the numbers without comment.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

I think this will in fact come down to the wire....Kaine up by 5.3% with almost 50% reporting, but the Lt. Gov race is suspiciously close.  Kaine's got to be the favorite though.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

How many times can we post the exact same results?

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Do you have a good link to Jersey results...?

I'm looking for those as well.  Anyone surprised by the low projected voter turnout in Virginia?  SoS's site has it sitting at 20% -- granted, that could change, but seems awful low for a gubernatorial election.

That's not a projected turnout...that the actual number of votes they have counted so far...which would project to about a 43% turnout when all votes are counted.