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Its not clear how much Cuccinellis candidacy was hurt by the presence of Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis in Virginia, but its worth considering. Sarvis picked up 6.6% of the vote, taking nearly 146,000 votes away from McAuliffe and Cuccinelli. Since the two candidates were separated by 56,000 votes, Cuccinelli would have had to win 70% of Sarvis votes to beat McAuliffe, but given the two candidates similar positions on the state budget and taxes, its not entirely out of the realm of possibilities. According to exit polling, Sarvis received more votes from Republicans than Democrats with his largest portion of support coming from Independents. Cuccinelli beat McAuliffe with Independents by 9 points.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:57:33 +0000

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