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points apart in the final analysis, do you sense a change? is it just virginia or is it something that you see broadening that goes to 2014 and 2016, as well? you know, chris, i think it goes to 2014 and 2016. this is happening state by state by state, and this is why i think the virginia elections when with we start unpacking the exit polling it really is going to be important. the reality is that women voters care about issues. they care about policy, and put that reality together with another reality, one in three women will have an abortion by the age of 45. it is a common and necessary aspect of women s reproductive health care services. so when you have a ken cuccinelli that wants to create fetal personhood that would criminalize birth control, and it s not appropriate or necessary in order for a woman to vashgs borgz care. that s the kind of thing where women and voters are waking up
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.
beginning looked like a problem, somewhat petty corruption around mcdonnell and to blame the people that didn t like him for what he is as the problem. can you imagine the national party supporting a guy opposed to divorce? he would be nothing but trouble if they stuck to him. there s one number that they should look at in the exit polling. and that is 21%. that s the margin by which terry mcauliffe beat cuccinelli in moderate voters. you can t win a national election if you re seating moderate voters. romney lost to obama by 14 points by moderates. they keep relearning the same less some, but they don t absorb it. and i don t think they re going to absorb it.
because i think that what we do not know as it relates to virginia, what we do not know is the obama coalition, kristen, can what barack obama did in 2008 and 2012 terry mcauliffe, there are a lot of signs in the exit polling that this was a race that ken cuccinelli could have won. as i said, he won economy voters. he won independents by nine. there was a lot of signs here that this virginia is not sort of a democratic or moving democratic stronghold. all right. chris, ron, and ruth, thank you so much for your insights this day after election day. and joining us now live from capitol hill, wyoming senator john brasso, chairman of the republican policy committee. thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. thank you, kristen. thanks for having me. i want to the start off with the victory in new jersey, chris christie. as we ve just been talking about, he seems to have solved a lot of the gop electoral