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Election Night '84 - 11:16
11:16

Polls have been closed for over four hours in the state of Virginia. And it’s a testament to how close the result is there that we’re only now just able to call it. With all precincts reporting in, President Anderson wins by a veritable fly’s breadth.


Anderson: 165
Buckley: 65
Lamm: 135

This was really a state that saw a split voting population, a real three-way race, no spoilers involved. It looks like Anderson is going to pull this off with little better than 34% of the vote.

A lot of close races tonight, Roger, continuing the trend we saw in 1982. The number of competitive House seats is going to be well into the hundreds. We’ve got a number of senate races that are still too close to call. It’s going to be a long night.

I have a feeling all election nights will be long from now on. We're just going to have to get used to this.


“So how long are we broadcasting for, then?”
“The duration.”
“Nooooooooooooooooo-”
“At least until midnight”
“-ooooooooooooooooo-”
“Probably longer if the story stays juicy”
“-oooooooooooooofine.”​
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