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Va. Sen: Experts Expect Only 3% to 5% of Registered Voters at Polls on Tuesday

June 11, 2006June 11, 2006 Jon Ponder

And I thought California was a hotbed of voter apathy! Prognosticators are predicting that only 3 percent to 5 percent of registered voters will turn out in the Democratic primary for the senate in Virginia this Tuesday. The candidates are a former Republican, James Webb, who was secretary of the Navy under President Reagan, and Harris Miller, a Democratic Party insider.

Advantage: quasi-crypto neo-confederate GOP Sen. George Allen, who currently holds the seat, but who is planning to run for president in 2008.

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Va. Sen: Experts Expect Only 3% to 5% of Registered Voters at Polls on Tuesday

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”