Virginia can be divided roughly into 4 regions:
Northern VA (blue), population 2.1 million
Shennandoah (red), population 2.1 million
Tidewater (purple), population 1.8 million
Capital region (purple), population 1.3 million
2005 Gov race (DEM Kaine won election + 3/4 regions)
NVA: 58.7% for Kaine (28% of statewide vote)
Shen: 45% for Kaine (30% of statewide vote)
Tide: 53% for Kaine (22% of statewide vote)
Cap: 51% for Kain (20% of statewide vote)
George Allen is about to launch a sustained $650,000/week television ad campaign across the state (a negative ad re: Webb). 3/4 of that $ is going into NVA. That's $3 million he's throwing at NVA on this one ad between now and the election.
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