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Of him work 47 percent among that 27 percent, 95 percent of the voted for him for governor. that is better than almost 2 and a half - one. >> this is whats taking time virginia was at record 10 of the democrats. i mean, ed gillespie, he won one counting orally. it is a north virginia county that is kind of a bellwether county. he won that in the senate race in 2014 narrowly. 400 and some boats that he lost averaged 23,000! this time. democrats poured out there. they were motivated by something. ...

Of him work 47 percent among that 27 percent, 95 percent of the voted for him for governor. that is better than almost 2 and a half - one. >> this is whats taking time virginia was at record 10 of the democrats. i mean, ed gillespie, he won one counting orally. it is a north virginia county that is kind of a bellwether county. he won that in the senate race in 2014 narrowly. 400 and some boats that he lost averaged 23,000! this time. democrats poured out there. they were motivated by something. ...

Colorado. go ahead, ana. >> reporter: hey there, john and kate. this is a bellwether county. jefferson county and the state twice went for barack obama. twice went to george w. bush. a mail-in ballot state. a lot of people voted early and conveniently, filled out their ballot at home, sent them in or dropped them off at a drop box conveniently spread out all over the state. this is where ballots come once they get here pup can see, recently they had a shipment arrive. this guy is sorting them ou...

Weekend trying to process all of these ballots that are coming in. they have already had been 50% of the vote returned to jefferson county. in this room is where they are now taking the ballots out of the envelopes, separating them from their signature yurs after they are vire fierified an they be ready to go through the counting machine. the vote is not tallied until election night. they will run them through and hit that button. i can tell you, we are seeing party affiliation and getting some ...

Nationally about the importance of hillsborough county which is where tampa is located as a bellwether county. it proved to be again in the election in florida. the i-4 corridor is where these elections are won and lost. jenna: here we are again paying close attention to that, steve. still awaiting results. we see in florida all the conversation about who is able to vote when. the long lines that wrap around the blocks. we have video of that. we have been seeing that over the last couple days. w...

>> were the bellwether county and the bellwether state. as enrico goes, so goes virginia. >> this is where the actions going on. its hugely important. >> reporter: at the richmond folk festival, henrico county voters say they like it that way. your voters pretty important. how does that make you feel? >> you know, its good to feel important. but then on the other hand, youve got to tune everything out. if youre important, everybody wants, you know, wants you. >> it feels pretty good. i think its...

Suspect, accused of killing five american soldiers in iraq, is set to walk free, former u.s. attorney general michael mukasey is here with how this is happening. bill: also were hitting the ground today and listening to you, the voter, in part of our new series where we take to you bellwether county in america to tell us where america is today and where its headed and what people need to hear the most. >> we have no leadership. on either side of the aisle. theyre more worried about getting elect...