Vital Virginia

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More than 140 years after hosting some of the bloodiest clashes of the Civil War, Prince William and Loudoun counties are battlegrounds once again, this time in the race for the White House.

The red hue Virginia traditionally takes on during the presidential election — having voted for every Republican candidate since 1968 — could turn blue this year, according to polls that show Democrat Barack Obama ahead in the Old Dominion.

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