The media called Maryland for Democrat Ben Cardin based on exit polls, and Cardin declared victory, but Steele has refused to concede, and the actual results have continued to be close — indeed, for a long time, Steele was ahead. The Washington Post has withdrawn its call for Cardin. Could this be a repeat of Florida 2000, when the exit polls got it wrong?
CNN doesn’t think so. They’re standing by their call, because the outstanding votes are in heavily Democratic areas (Baltimore, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County).
Second that. MD will stay Democratic. Virginia is definitely the new Florida, with a nearly guaranteed legal challenge. The election law there allows for an automatic recount if the race has less than a 1% difference between the candidates (and a candidate requests it, of course) and it looks like the difference is holding steady at 0.1%.
Wheeee
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November 7th, 2006 at 11:59:36 pm
No. We will know the outcome of Maryland by tomorrow morning. Virginia is the new Florida. Complete with a fucking spoiler from the Green Party.
http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm
November 8th, 2006 at 12:12:14 am
Second that. MD will stay Democratic. Virginia is definitely the new Florida, with a nearly guaranteed legal challenge. The election law there allows for an automatic recount if the race has less than a 1% difference between the candidates (and a candidate requests it, of course) and it looks like the difference is holding steady at 0.1%.
Wheeee