Nov 08 2006

Fox Misreported VA

Published by at 12:01 am under 2006 Elections,All General Discussions

No, Webb is not ahead – see for yourself.

22 responses so far

22 Responses to “Fox Misreported VA”

  1. Limerick says:

    cnn has web ahead also

  2. smh10 says:

    Virginia | MORE STATE RESULTS | EXIT POLLS | COUNTY RESULTS
    Candidate Votes % of votes
    Jim Webb (DEM) 1,141,052 49%
    George Allen (REP)* 1,138,676 49%
    99% of precincts reporting

    This is from the MSNBC page. It is probably where they are getting their numbers too.

  3. crosspatch says:

    The MSNBC numbers are AP numbers reported earlier than most other people are reporting them.

  4. For Enforcement says:

    True but the number of votes they are showing for Allen is less than what the Va site is showing

  5. smh10 says:

    Looks like someone is wrong here..the VA site looks to be the exact opposite of the MSNBC site..what gives?

  6. For Enforcement says:

    just guessing AP got the numbers backward and put it out and they all reported it inaccurately

  7. Mark78 says:

    SMH, those are backward I think.

  8. Christoph says:

    SUNNYBROOK: We had no ballot initiatives or local races and my county is over 90% Repub. so I was surprised turnout was as high as it was. Thank you Kerry!
    TownhallTechie: yea, there’s definitely some conflicting numbers about VA
    liberrocky: Yeah VA is CA-rzy
    DaveS: SO, what’s the status on absentee’s in VA? When do they get counted, and how many are in?
    Christoph: VA has a large military contingent. I can’t believe the absentee voters are voting en masse to have their funding cut. I don’t buy it.
    DaveS: Nah, absentees will go ENORMOUSLY republican.
    TownhallTechie: asking someone who knows really quick about VA #’s
    DaveS: But, how many are there, when are they counted, etc?
    SUNNYBROOK: Am I right in saying that absentees don’t even get counted unless the race is close?
    JD_in_IL: no they all get counted

    Christoph: Sunnybrook, they get counted, but after the fact. Result gets certified first if their are not enough absentee ballots to change the outcome due to a large margin.
    DaveS: How many absentees are there out in VA
    TownhallTechie: 114k i think
    SUNNYBROOK: ok…I found a very imformative linkee about absentee ballots in all states…it depends on the state
    SUNNYBROOK: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/absentearly.htm
    DaveS: Oh, that’ll give Allen a 30k+ bump
    prescott: thanks
    DaveS: I would imagine
    Christoph: That’s probably true, Sunnbrook. What does it say about VA?
    TownhallTechie: with the military presence in va, you’d think
    SUNNYBROOK: Unfortunately…VA counts absentees after the polls close
    TownhallTechie: yea, we won’t know who takes VA tonight
    SUNNYBROOK: Which may mean that we are seeing those results in the totals coming out
    DaveS: Yeah we will. It’s allen. The absentees will put him over easiler
    DaveS: easily
    Christoph: Not if what Sunnybrooks is saying is true, DaveS.

    From Hot Air chat room.

    Is Sunnybrook right, AJStrata? Are the absentee ballots already reflected in the numbers?

  9. archtop says:

    As of right now:

    Allen – 1,141,753
    Webb – 1,139,885

  10. smh10 says:

    Thanks Mark and Enforcement. The numbers at MSNBC continue to be different than those at official site. I will be glad to see this race at 100% on the VA site.

  11. Jacqui says:

    Does anyone know if the absentee ballots have been counted?

  12. Christoph says:

    Jim Webb 1,143,144 (50%)
    George Allen 1,140,879 (49%)
    100% Reporting
    From FOXNews

  13. Christoph says:

    Townhall’s technical advisor says his RNC content says VA absentee ballots have been counted. Bummer.

  14. smh10 says:

    Now the official site has Webb ahead. Oh my, this is a shock to the system I would say.

  15. archtop says:

    Webb is now ahead by 1800 votes…but there are a few precincts left to go…

  16. clarice says:

    Allen says the nets transposed the numbers..that he is ahead by 5K and that though the nets say 100% of the votes have been counted only 98.6% of them have been counted.

  17. smh10 says:

    Talent is now behind McCaskill. I sue hope Allen is right.

  18. smh10 says:

    sure. sorry.

  19. smh10 says:

    Clarice: Did he just make that statement somewhere?