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At the center of the next election…
NPR’s All Things Considered visits Church Hill in looking at Virginia’s role as a swing state in the upcoming presidential election.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I’m Audie Cornish. President Obama is campaigning in three swing states this week: today Ohio; tomorrow Florida and Virginia. Ohio and Florida have long been in that swing state category, but for decades Virginia was dependably Republican until Obama won the state in 2008. NPR’s Scott Horsley met some of the foot soldiers in this new political battleground.
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SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: It’s a blazing hot afternoon in Richmond, Virginia’s, Church Hill neighborhood, a racially-mixed community of older homes, some freshly renovated, others in need of repair. Tyler Brown holds a clipboard in one hand as he wipes a sweaty palm on his shorts.
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What are the odds that Mitt carries Church Hill?
I for one am writing in Buddy Corbett on my ballot. For every office. Surely he will win at least one of them
It is an interesting choice given that our precinct is not really a swing one. Anyone who’s ever voted in the primaries can attest to the fact that the line for Democrat ballots is like 10x longer than Republican ballots. Maybe NPR wants to make a story about how swing states aren’t even close to picking Mitt?
I’m writing in Buddy for mayor. Maybe President also, though I want to know more about his foreign policy experience before I decide for sure.
The choice makes sense when you consider that it’s voter registration. Neighborhoods like Church Hill are the ones we need to be out in full force come November.
“Neighborhoods like Church Hill are the ones we need to be out in full force come November.”
Depends on which way you’re hoping the election turns out I’d suspect. Some may argue otherwise…