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Very content with the votes he already has, and he does not say a single word to attract any of the voters who doesnt vote for him. no other president has ever done that and certainly no re-elected president has ever done. so every re-elected president immediately tried to figure out how to talk to the voters who didnt vote for me. richard nixon in 68 won by less than 60% of the vote. when he gets re-elected, he wins 49 states. you know, because he was working on that other side as everybody is ...

>> who is the next obama, and if so can he or she win? >> yeah, he or she can win. i mean, i think the next democratic nominee can win because donald trump has done something no other presidents ever done, which is upon getting elected, he was interested with, you know, a losers share of the vote -- i, by the way, never used this phrase, popular vote. thats an american phrase. you know what they call that everywhere else in the world? the vote. because of all of our great advances in democracy t...

Represent about 45% of the people and opposed by senators who represent about 55% of the people. the supreme court justice was nominated by a president who lost the vote but was installed as president because of the electoral college. and the electoral college is an anti-democratic institution. it was intended to be. george washington was never on a ballot. no one ever voted for george washington. no one ever voted for thomas jefferson. you got to vote for the electteelectors in your community i...

And youre sitting there with two, and youre looking at idaho with two and youre looking at wyoming with two, wyoming has a smaller population than staten island. two. this is an anti-democratic institution in the extreme. and so the -- the reasons weve been okay with that for most of our time is that, you know, we didnt have people lose the vote and win the electoral college. now, weve had that twice in my lifetime in very uncomfortable proximity to each other. both favoring the republican. and ...

College. and so -- so trump gets elected and he does something no one else has done, which is hes very content with the votes he already has, and he does not say a single word to attract any of the voters who doesnt vote for him. no other president has ever done that and certainly no re-elected president has ever done. so every re-elected president immediately tried to figure out how to talk to the voters who didnt vote for me. richard nixon in 68 won by less than 60% of the vote. when he gets r...

Senators. so the democracy part of that sentence is a tough one to be positive about going forward. >> who is the next obama, and if so can he or she win? >> yeah, he or she can win. i mean, i think the next democratic nominee can win because donald trump has done something no other presidents ever done, which is upon getting elected, he was interested with, you know, a losers share of the vote -- i, by the way, never used this phrase, popular vote. thats an american phrase. you know what they c...

The dhs secretary, she is blaming rulings from activist judges. youre talking about a political solution here. to solve the problem that your town is facing, what remedy would you like to see congress bring? >> well, let me start at the beginning. first of all, we do need to control our borders. thats a given. but we have all these problems in latin america that i dont think our foreign aid is helping any. you have the gang problems. you have the reason theyre coming up here. theyre credible rea...

Criminal justice reform? >> okay, he hasnt led the effort. >> jared kushner absolutely has. >> yes, but were talking about president trump. >> okay, the trump administration, guys. come on. i think were going a little far. >> members of the trump administration. >> i think, you know, its hard -- >> jared kushner had to twist mitch mcconnells arm to even look at this. mitch mcconnells own daughter -- >> he wouldnt do it. >> thats a different debate of whether jared kushner would do things without...

Mentioning the trump administration or the president by name, he said, i believe in fact-based campaigns. >> right. and i do think, actually, health care is the sleeper issue of this election. the democrats do very well, it will be because not only of a referendum on president trump, whose supremely unpopular with a lot of -- majority of voters, but really because of health care. so, so fascinating to watch health care be on the ballot in 2010, be on the ballot in 2014, his party takes a beating...

Where the voter i.d. law was in effect. >> reporter: in the 2016 presidential election, voter turnout was down statewide. but the decline in milwaukees poorest neighborhoods was jaw-dropping. >> we lost 41,000 voters in the city. we saw a 20% decrease in voter participation from 2012 to 2016. i have no doubt that there were people in the city of milwaukee who doesnt vote in that election because of the photo i.d. requirement. >> i feel like they really, really knew that the turnout in this elect...