Three Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political Winds

New York Times by Adam Nagourney | Nov. 3, 2009 (News Analysis)

In this supposedly quiet off-year election, three contests taking place Tuesday are filling the void. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, while voters in upstate New York are fillinga vacant House seat in a race with national implications. Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 3, 2009

Nagourney does the expected and over-calculates the importance of the elections in New Jersey and Virginia. I think the average reader would be a little misled by this story. He only looks at the national impact of the potential outcomes, even though these are state-level elections. Some of his predictions -- in particular that a Republican sweep would impede Obama onthe health care and global warming bills -- are not well supported.

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    Reuters by Steve Holland | Nov. 3, 2009 (News Report)
    Republicans seeking a comeback from recent losses may pick up the governor's seats in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested the limits of President ...
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    The Guardian by Michael Tomasky | Nov. 3, 2009 (News Analysis)
    In general, I think political journalists wildly over-conclude based on Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial results every time they happen. Consider. In 2001, Virginians ...
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