Fox-VA- McAuliffe +4

[Schiff for Senate]

If it was a "tight race" it would be 44-44.

McAulife could literally be up by 7-8 and we'd still get "close race!!!" headlines.

I personally consider a margin 5 points or less to be close; any more than that, it's not. So calling 4 points a tight race isn't much of a stretch, though McAuliffe is obviously leading.

I personally have him winning at this junction by around 7 points, though that will increase later if/as McAuliffe's poll numbers improve.

[Schiff for Senate]

Can’t wait for TMac to win by 4-5 then for all the news outlets to write about what an impressive victory that was.

You realize that "dems in disarray" headlines sell better, right? That's what we'd get from it.

That’s only pre-election. Post-election the media just says that whoever won, regardless of margin, is incredible and amazing and did everything right.

Yeah. The CA recall proves it. Newsom didn't do that well for a Democrat in California but everyone had set such low expectations that the reaction to the Democratic blowout in California would make someone clueless think that a Democrat had won in Texas or something.