Day445 Thursday 11/17/11

Iowa Republican Caucus poll from Rasmussen Reports:
Gingrich 32%
Romney 19%
Cain 13%

ran 1.7 miles
Here are some stats and facts about the state of Virginia (to check out stats and facts about more states click on “states of the union” on the right):

• Virginia was the tenth state to join the union on June 25, 1788, one month before New York and four days after New Hampshire.

• Population, as of 2010, is 8,001,024.

• Senators are Mark Warner (D) and Jim Webb (D).

• Representatives are Rob Wittman (R), Scott Rigell (R), Robert Scott (D), Randy Forbes (R), Robert Hurt (R), Robert Goodlatte (R), Eric Cantor (R), James Moran (D), Morgan Griffith (R), Frank Wolf (R), and Gerald Connolly (D).

• Virginia has thirteen electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted almost exclusively blue from Reconstruction through 1948. From 1952 through 2004, Virginia had voted exclusively red except for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Barack Obama defeated John McCain 53% to 46% in 2008.

737.2 miles to go.

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