Mock Convention in the News
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Roanoke Times, Feb. 5, 2012
"Reporters, pundits and pols will pay attention. W&L prides itself on being right and the mock convention's picks have been dead-on a lot more times than not."
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Real Clear Politics, Feb. 2, 2012
"Speakers include House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, West Virginia Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Gov. Bob McDonnell and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli."
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NY Times, FiveThirtyEight Blog, Jan. 10, 2012
"Washington and Lee University's "Mock Republican Convention" envisions Mr. Romney winning with between 38 and 42 percent of the vote.
It predicts Mr. Paul will be the runner-up (18 to 24 percent) and Jon Huntsman will land in third (12 to 16 percent)."
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Courier-Journal, Jan. 30, 2011
"The convention has picked the wrong nominee only twice in the last 58 years.
It sounds like an event that McConnell, who lives and breathes politics, would love."
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U.S. News, January 17, 2008
"The students at Washington and Lee University have a flair for picking presidential candidates. Every election year for the past century, 90 percent of its roughly 1,800 students have gathered for a mock convention, and their record of predicting the nominee for the party not in the White House is pretty darned good."
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