Va voters turn on Obama

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Originally Posted by gales0678

maybe so but people saying that NJ race meant nothing is a total joke

If it wasn't important to the white house why did they send superman?

Of course it meant something. Governors' races are always important to both political parties, and I am sure both the DNC and the White House are disappointed with the results in New Jersey (the result in Virginia - on the other hand - was already expected). That doesn't have to mean that the electorate in these states "turned against" Obama. Although national issues can often have an effect on state and local elections, these things often turn on local issues and/or voter mobilization. I do not claim to know anything about New Jersey or Virginia politics specifically, but my guess would be that a large % of the Obama '08 voters probably stayed home in those states yesterday because they are not regular voters in non-presidential years.
Now, will those voters stay home again in 2012 or turn out again for Obama? It is far too early to predict.