Blake's Think Tank

• Five (Limited) Lessons from Last Night’s Elections

  Much has and will continue to be made today about the outcome of yesterdays elections in New Jersey, Virgina, New York and California. In case you’ve been asleep, on vacation, or avoiding cable news, New Jersey and Virginia, both states that went for President Barack Obama in 2008, elected Republican [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:20am EST
  by Blake

• Key Stats

  From John Dickerson:

  In Virginia, Obama won 48 percent of independents. The Republican Bob McDonnell won 68 percent of those voters this time around. In New Jersey, Christie carried independents 58 percent to 31 percent, which helped him overcome the fact that there are 700,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:54am EST
  by Blake