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Won. >> im disappointed in how he acts. i was frankly appalled by the outcome of that last election. >> reporter: if phillips wins, it will be because of swing voters like karen jensen who plans to vote against paulson, a republican. >> he is aligning so much with the trump administration and that agenda. so that has kind of turned me off. >> reporter: while president trump is hemorrhaging support in the suburban third district, its a different story in the rural eighth, just a few miles to the ...

Acts. i was frankly appalled by the outcome of that last election. >> if phillips wins, it will be because of swing voters like karen jensen who plans to vote against paulson, the republican. >> his aligning so much with the trump administration and that agenda. that has kind of turned me off. >> while president trump is hemorrhaging support in the suburban third district, its a different story in the rural 8th. just a few miles to the north stretching from the suburbs edge to the iron range. >>...

Also recognize that his constituency looks different than mine. >> absolutely. >> personally, yes, i do believe we need to have a conversation. and perhaps our constituency looks different. maybe his constituency looks whiter than mine. theyre not poorer than mine. who doesnt deserve a living wage? everyone deserves a living wage. reproductive rights are for everyone. you dont have to run that way because its a more conservative district. >> people are struggling with the opiod crisis, they want...

Of local issues that this democratic candidate campaigned on because it was -- it is a more conservative district. but at the end of the day, trump is what is driving these sort of historic special election turnout for democrats. hes driving some republicans in the suburbs away from the republican party, and hes driving obviously increased turnout on the democratic side. and hes also driving a lot of republicans out of congress. i think the thing to watch for in the next few days is who else ret...

Presidents. this entire year. and were in an election year, is going to be about one person, and thats donald trump. and that -- you know, the election in pennsylvania, there were a lot of local issues that this democratic candidate campaigned on, it is a more conservative district. trump is what is driving the historic turnout for democrats, hes driving some republicans in the suburbs away from the republican party, and hes driving. increased turnout on the democratic side, and driving a lot of...

Liberal journalist, why that would matter. >> i think he is doing -- its the best sort of thing you can do at this point if you are a conservative republican running in what should be an easy win republican conservative district to go back and decamp to the idea of the liberal media being the enemy and trying to rally your troops around that. the complicating factor here is -- i guess you would have to call it political malpractice of representing an incredibly unpopular health care bill after i...

>> i think he is doing -- its the best sort of thing you can do at this point if you are a conservative republican running in what should be an easy win republican conservative district to go back and decamp to the idea of the liberal media being the enemy and trying to rally your troops around that. the complicating factor here is -- i guess you would have to call it political malpractice of representing an incredibly unpopular health care bill after it was already defeated where mercy was done...

For some members of congress, i do think if theyre in a democratic district, yeah, this is probably going to look better for you if theres some sort of success that you can point to. if youre in a swing district or youre in a more conservative district, then youre in a different situation, and somehow they are, from what i hear, managing to bring along a lot of these democrats, some of the blue dog democrats, and im not sure exactly how theyre doing it, but theyre managing to convince them, i gu...