Politics & Government

There's a Governor's Race Underway (But Who Cares?)

Fewer than half of eligible voters will turn out. Will you?

By Todd Richissin

What if there were a race for governor going on and nobody cared?

That’s not quite the case in this year’s election between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli, but it’s close enough.

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The Washington Post did an analysis of Virginia gubernatorial elections, and here’s what the paper found: If there’s not a presidential race on a ballot, Virginians stay away from the voting booths in droves.

Of course, with millions of dollars being spent on television ads, it’s just about impossible to ignore the race completely.

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But we’d like to know: Will you vote this year? Tell us in comments below — with your reason for trekking to the polls or not.


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