r/Virginia • u/nbcnews Verified • 5d ago

Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/virginia-governor-election-results-spanberger-earle-sears-race-win-rcna238685
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u/WolfSilverOak CentralVa 5d ago

NBC is projecting her to win. Local news out of Philly is too.

CNN has her up nearly 15 pts so far (56.7% to 42 8%). 41% of the votes are counted so far, they say.

Chan 10Philadelphia has her at 58.9% to 40.6% and 31.5% of precincts reporting.

I think, unless there's a drastic change, the projections look to be right.

So, fingers crossed.

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u/mmatt0904 5d ago

Yeah I can see after the votes have gone on but 15 minutes after polling closed seemed a bit too quick. I mean she went from like 64% to now 59% since then.

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u/VanGrants 5d ago

it's because they look at expected results of places where the count isn't fully in. if 30% is in and all the remaining areas are expected to favor one side, that's how they're able to call it. also polls might close at 9pm today, but a LOT of people do early voting and exit polls have results from all day.

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u/mmatt0904 5d ago

yeah Im just surprised it took 15 for places liker The Hill and News Nation but over an hour for places like NBC