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Adam Serwer
According to CNN, black voters haven’t made up a bigger portion of the electorate in Virginia than they did in 2004. At the same time, Jonathan Martin reports that Obama is cutting into McCain‘s margins in rural areas of the state. But certainly, the Obama campaign was hoping Virginia wouldn’t be this close.
–A. Serwer
Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer More by Adam Serwer
