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VA-Sen: Is no news good news in Carroll County?

Sun Oct 29, 2006 at 06:49:58 PM PDT

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?

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