have that list. we don t know how they voted. but we re combining the analysis that folks have done, looking at the early vote data and what has been lacking in a lot of polling out there, and actually being able to survey these people who ve voted, and that s how we re able to draw this conclusion, and that s why, even though these results may seem surprising at face value, when you dig in deeper, and you look at these early voters and see this crossover, i will say, these are voters who are actually, we ve seen evidence that they are returning to the republican fold down ticket. we did look at the u.s. senate race, and that s still a very close race, but we are seeing these republican voters crossing over and voting for secretary of state clinton who are then going back and voting republican in the senate race, so it really is an interesting crossover effect. it is completely consistent with, as you mention, the never
particular. not only does he need to maximize turnout, he needs a strong republican under vote or a crossover effect particularly in the birmingham area. it is just a tougher deal. what we have seen is so similar to what we saw in the presidential election last year. after the access hollywood tape dropped, we saw president trump s polling plunge. over time as voters digested what s going on and made choices between him and the competition, he ended up coming back and winning. his support plunges. as voters in alabama have taken stock of everything and thought about their choices, he has come back. it s close. and i think that anything is possible. but as i discovered when i spent time in alabama, a lot of this