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You. we will see how it goes tonight. clearly the parents in virginia have been very fired up over whats happening in their schools. we will see how it translates at the voting booth. thanks, ian. >> bret: well, we are still getting the raw vote numbers and you can see those as we come in here. 4% and theres the breakdown. we have the specific counties and the data in the each individual counties and when we do, we will start going to bill at the billboard and break that down. we can also tell y...

Race needs to win there and put a little margin between himself and mcauliffe. but these are counties where moderate swing voters. and space have been more pragmatic message in the campaign may have one biden and clinton voters over the last election. >> martha: chesterfield is interesting right now, a county that president biden carried although typically very conservative, and it is 55/45 with 47% of that vote in. what does that tell you, josh? >> look when you look at the messaging on vote ca...

Childrens education or minimizes parents role he opened himself up. the question is i think loudon county will be a bellwether county because it went for biden last time. its not going to go for biden this time which means it wont go for mccauliffe. he will put them off. i think it is real trouble for those guys and the democrats, i would not bring biden in if it were myself. im happy they want to do it. i think that is going to incentivize and energy the republican base even more. >> harris: iv...

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Theres not. for as many counties as we flip in seepa, we lose or did lose an equivalent amount in western pa. >> the issue should be running a 67-county strategy here in pennsylvania. thats the mistake that s secretary clintons campaign made in 2016. they went to the major metropolitian areas and left a lot of these places behind. erie is the most important bellwether county. lucerne as well. its less important what color the county is. and donald trump put up some impressive margins in 2016 and...

Like it brant to a certain extent at least and you just heard the lady there in that bellwether county of richland where we traveled to in wisconsin just a few days ago and she says she doesnt like him for instance. that she could she could eventually imagine voting for him and also the dairy farmer mark stalled there saying he doesnt believe the president is a good person but he was one of the 2016 voters one of the swing voters in fact that unable to him to to win the presidency so and what we...

It is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. thats exactly the margin he won the state of texas by. and beto orourke has said we have to win this county in order to win the state of texas. it will come down to the size and shape of the electorate. we have been talking a lot about white women, suburban voters and college educated voters. i have a voter with me who is both of those things. you said you were one of the earliest voters on the first day of early voting. ...

Clear, he has an uphill battle to take this. it would be a big upset. >> i had trouble hearing that toss question, but were in tarrant county, the third most populous county and the largest urban county that remains red. this is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. thats the same margin by which he won the state of texas. so we know that with these big races like the senate race between ted cruz and beto orourke, they will be watching closely to see what happens i...

Now, to the battle in texas. a showdown thats garnered national attention throughout the campaign. beto orourke trying to unseat republican senator ted cruz in what has become the most expensive senate race in u.s. history. athena jones in south lake, texas, for us. what are you seeing there now? >> hi, kate. theres a lot of enthusiasm here in tarrant county. this is the third most populous county in the state of texas, and its the last large urban county to be a red county, to vote republican. ...

Million people have already cast ballots. now we want to see whats happening in the great state of texas. to my colleague athena jones. >> reporter: were here in texas where polls open in about half an hour. no lines yet although we have seen a few early rising ted cruz supporters. we are in tarrant county, it is the largest urban county that remains red. with err in tarrant because it is a bellwether county. president trump beat hillary clinton here by nine points, thats the exact margin by whi...