"Dixville Notch, N.H., move over. Staunton, Va., is on course to be the G.O.A.T. for a locality picking the winner of major statewide elections.
With Election Day in Virginia upon us, political observers and analysts need to look no further than Staunton, the birthplace of former President Woodrow Wilson. Voters in this college town of 25,000 residents nestled in the Shenandoah Valley and filled with independently owned small businesses have an unmatched record of forecasting the eventual statewide election results.
Since 2008, voters in Staunton have accurately selected the winner in major statewide elections. Even more impressive, voters have paralleled the statewide margin of victory and actual percentage vote received by both the Republican and Democratic nominees and third-party candidates."
