Less of pattern, Ds and Rs have won on and off. One feature of VA is that, by law, there is never an incumbant governor running for re-election. No matter the results the winning party will declare a mandate and the losing party will say as goes NJ so goes NJ.

www.nga.org/former-gover...

Thank you for posting this right before I go teach a graduate course on media effects. For your planning purposes, posting at about 5pm ET on Mondays would be ideal.

A few days ago, Kristen Grimm and I talked about the ethics of talking about political violence. Everyone should reinforce is unacceptable, rare, and wildly unpopular.

www.ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/recordi...