Today, I had the opportunity to drive through some of the side roads through rural Carroll County, VA. Carroll County is in the reddest part of western Virginia; consider these past results:
2004 President:
all of Virginia: Bush 53.7%, Kerry 45.5%
Carroll County: Bush 67.4%, Kerry 32.1%
2004 House of Representatives 9th District:
all of VA-09: Boucher (D) 59.3%, Triplett (R) 38.9%
Carroll County: Boucher 49.9%, Triplett 48.4%
2005 Governor:
all of Virginia: Kaine (D) 51.7%, Kilgore (R), 46.0%
Carroll County: Kilgore 59.2%, Kaine 38.9%
Along US Highway 52 and State Route 69 -- about 20 miles of road, I saw no Webb signs. On the other hand, I saw only /one/ Allen sign -- in front of "Stagecoach Station Guns and Antiques". Is this a sign that Allen's not working his base? That his support is soft? Or am I just reading way too much into this?