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Of course, popular votes, they need the electoral college. its a system made up of 538 total votes and based on population per state, a presidential candidate needs 270 of those votes in order to win the election. in the continuing interview series with 2020 contenders, nbc ease harry smith asked mayor pete put jbuttigieg about his b idea and what it has to do with the elect reoral college. >> my big idea is to strengthen democracy through better voting and representation for all americans. sout...

Is that really going to happen? >> by all indications, its going to happen. weve been briefed on this. we cant give you the precise time. the president is saying 1:55. if you can be on the other side of the river, thats the best place to watch that air show. it will be impressive. its rare to have an air somehow -- >> thats going to be incredible. >> ali velshi is more than just someone who likes aviation. hes a pilot. lets talk about the -- >> i feel like that was a little sarcastic. >> lets ta...

Lot of things that people have said in terp of criticism about kamala harris. those tend to bounce off joe biden as well as other things and people see the picture. older white person who was with president obama. who is an experienced politician. this looks like the picture of someone everyone would vote for. and a lot of people are buying into that. and not really -- i wont say not caring about his ideas and policies. theyre not holding him to the same standard. >> surely youre not saying elec...

Horse because -- or maybe the other way around. you need to start the impeachment proceedings in order to make these things happen. were sort of frozen in this land where what we need for people to really understand whats in the mueller report is to bring it alive through the first-hand witnesses. were not going to get those witnesses there, i think, unless they actually pull the trigger and call it impeachment proceedings. >> mimi, thank you, thank you, thank you. many voters in one of the ke...

Happens. i know its really early, but in mccomb county, where the whole thing was decided, i think only three candidates have come through that area so far. and they feel like its always a message being talked to or preached to them instead of the other way around, ask welcome hey, what matters to you guys. >> its interesting to me, because i think a smart democratic nominee is going to try to do both, jacob. >> of course, of course. >> theyre going to try to get the disaffected trump voters, ma...

This is him among black voters. significantly better biden is doing among black voters than white voters, he has 45% nationally. so thats one of the reasons why biden has been so strong in those national polls. you go to iowa. he cant lean, there are not that many in iowa. the state its not the state. its the caucus electorate. 3% ovlt of the democratic caucus in iowa was black. biden doesnt have that same support. its an overwhelmingly white elect tore ralt when you look within, look at self-de...

That it really didnt work out so well is what is likely to happen in the economy over the next year, year and a half. i think were going to get to the next election and youre going to have democratic candidates and maybe even saying are you really better off than you were four years ago? the economy is going to be slower. there as a possibility were going to be in a recession and most importantly, willthose who elected him. i think theyre going to find themselves this is not what we signed up fo...

Look at well that took 7 years to negotiate it but the advantage of that is that weve already done all the heavy lifting so we all get by all the heavy lifting its a very different issue. what you would do very different but what you do we see tight as a start point so you have a template that you know by definition the e.u. did accept because they signed it and then you say you dont start with a blank piece of paper you start with the hats and then you see whether you can modify it so for insta...

Something and next day saying something else and trying to figure out who they are in front of you or who you want them to be not a good look. they want consistency we know what we are going to elect. romney did the same thing. ed: where is he? where are his core principles. another issue the economy. bernie sanders has a lot of energy on the left going back to 2016. pete: bernie is smiling. ed: with biden in trouble. bernie has been pushing medicare for all before it was cool you might say. als...

Early. >> yes, they would be better off with a moderate nominee. if joe biden throws off the positions that made him a moderate, the crime bill and the hyde amendment. what will be left of joe biden the moderate assuming he wins the nomination? >> his climate plan, the healthcare plan are not to the far left. >> a few trillion -- the favorite word among nominees is trillion. spend -- >> neil: the passionate part of the base is the part that will vote, right? >> if you go to the mid-terms when 35...