changing his views on foreign policy. he s not ron paul. what does he really believe. same thing as governor walker he s flip-flopped on a couple of things. so there s a base of voters in the republican party that are looking for true conservative unwavering, uncompromising ideology. and that s it. and that s what he is attracting. but there is a ceiling with with that. here s the interesting thing, though. look at the ted cruz strategy here. politico did a story looking inside what exactly ted cruz is trying to where he sees his path to victory. they identified evangelical christians. you look at that ad blessing that he s running. there s the article right there. look at what the numbers are that ted cruz is seeing that encourages this. take a look at this. this is from 2012. these are the exit poll numbers from the early republican primary and caucus days in 2012. the question is what percentage of the republican electorate is evangelical born-again christian. look at that i
people? it one of the most important things. one of the things elector got scenical politics, understandable. aught then tisty you can smell from a mile away. if you re not authentic, it s a hurdle. he has that in spades. here is a problem. when you match him up and look at no time record and positions he s taken, look at where he is om same-sex marriage. you can make the argument he s out of step for the general election and in new jersey if you get inside the exit poll numbers in new jersey, even in his land slide where you head up older and wider elect than a general election, the perfect landslide election, even in this perfect land slide election, he still is losing in the exit polling to hillary clinton. so, i think, you know, there are some problems here. i mean, you know, curve your enthusiasm republicans, just a
i mean, one of the things the electorate has gotten nor cynical about politicians and politics, understandable. authenticity you can smell from a mile away. if you re not authentic, it s a hurdle. he has that in spades. here is a problem. when you match him up and look at his record and look at some of the positions that he s taken. look at where he is on same-sex marriage. you can make the argument he s out of step for the general election and even in new jersey if you get inside the exit poll numbers in new jersey, even in his landslide electorate where you head up older and wider electorate than a general election, the perfect landslide election, even in this perfect land slide election, he still is losing in the exit polling to hillary clinton. so, i think, you know, there are some problems here. i mean, you know, curve your enthusiasm republicans, just a little bit. appreciate you both being on.
you need to listen. and then you need to act. my pledge to you tonight is i will govern with the spirit of sandy. i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d.c., should tune in their tvs right now and see how it s done. oh, who is he talking to there, steve? nbc news exit polls show governor christie s landslide was made possible thanks to nearly a third of all democratic voters. 57% of women and significant gains being made among black and hispanic voters as well. gains over 2009. steve kornacki hosts msnbc up with steve kornacki. he s here to break down all the election results with me. let s start with what the daily beast talked about, some of these exit poll numbers. here s the headline. the outlines of a candidate who can dig the gop out of the demographic trap it s facing.
acceptable at all? no. again that s what i was describing earlier. all that does is raise taxes about $30,000 regardless of how much money you make. people making 10 20 $50 million, would only have to pay $30,000 more. that s just like, you know, a nice dinner for some of those people. that s a heck of a dinner. this is not the concept of balance and fairness that i think most of the people in the country support. if we re going to ask the very wealthy to actually participate in a balanced approach to deficit reduction, it s going to have to be more than that paltry amount. i want to put this on the screen, some exit poll numbers from election night that shows that support for raising taxes you can see it right there. folks when asked on election night, 47% want to raise taxes on folks only over $250,000 13% for all, 35% not for anyone. aside from that there doesn t appear to be much consensus on spending with voters split on whether government should cut