cuccinelli said i ll do everything i can to resist and tight obama care and that s what enabled enough le enabled cuccinelli to make it as close as it was. stephanie? it s a rejection of the republican party which is different than bill said f. you look at what is happening in new jersey, chris christie ran not on as a republican but moderate and the thing that bolstered his numbers were her can sandy where he put politics aside and got heavily criticized by the republican party. look at the exits of new jersey. even though chris christie an overwhelming win for him, they project the republican party. 58% disapproval and in virginia you see the race, the votes are out in fair fax so we don t know the margin. the margin will be significant. cuccinelli is losing won women because of abortion and more.
women. the swing voters in virginia are big swing voters in america. that s why this state is a fascinating national laboratory. when you dig deeper and do this and look at exit polls, this was an evenly divided state. this was a fight over obama care and the government shutdown and tea party and a fight over social issues. if it stays as close as it is and mcauliffe ekes it out, people will study money and adds on social issues. and women to see how they voted. piers, let me update viewers. 81% of the vote is now. it s very close. 21,000 vote difference between ken cuccinelli and terry mcauliffe, the democrat, 47% to 46%. so this race, obviously, close. still got a ways to go. we ll have to wait the old fashioned way to see, piers, and count the actual votes. that s rather exciting, wolf, for you and john and us. let s come back to you guys when you got more breaking news on
mcauliffe. a poll showed that margin and when the poll a few days later showed about a four-point lead, probably closer to reality. so, you know, the mood here, you know, there is a little bit of optimi optimism. this is hosted by the republican party of virginia, not just the cuccinelli campaign. so races in the house on delegat delegates. so yes, they are still bracing for a loss here, piers, but, you know, as we ve been saying, probably closer than public polling indicated. back to wolf blitzer and john king. wolf, was it expected to be this close, peter suggesting that the polls were reasonably close but not as quite as tight as we re seeing. should they panic slightly in the mcauliffe camp and if he just sneaks over the line, what does that say for the bigger picture? when there is a win of usually and they will be thrill fd they get e lelgted terry
director of the university of politics and author of the kennedy half century. welcome to you. what do you make of this tonight? is it surprising it s going down to the wire like this? certainly the margin is closer than expected. you know, we always rely on polling averages, if you take all the recent polls together, mcauliffe had about a seven-point lead. i looked at the all outstanding votes and they are disproportionally democratic. you would rather be mcauliffe than cuccinelli. we re talking a few points, not seven points. one vote or a million, you re governor for four years so i don t know the practical impact. the republicans, the conservative republicans will certainly take heart from the fact that cuccinelli has bn done better than expected and it will make it difficult for moderate republicans to move the republican party back toward the
welcome back, it s turning into a squeaker down in virginia. back to wolf blitzer and john king in washington for the latest. wolf? piers, it s getting closer and closer and closer. only 3,355 votes separate ken cuccinelli from ken mcauliffe. it s getting closer and closer and closer. take a look at what is going on in virginia. we ll keep pounding these votes, and see who will be the next governor of virginia. will it be the republican ken ku cuccinelli or mcauliffe, a close friend of clintons. 355 votes separate these two candidates now. it was more earlier. it s getting closer and closer. in new jersey we obviously projected that chris christie will be reelected easily as the next new jersey new jersey governor and will stay in office.