looking for healers. ralph northam is a healer. he s going to have folks back. they wanted folks who were going to focus on the issues that matter most. health care was number one issue in exit polling in virginia. hand something like 75% of the people who listed as number one voted for ralph northam. because they are afraid that donald trump and the republican congress are going to takeaway their health care that s a bad idea. i got you both great democ t democrats. he said not so far. repeat itself. if you take a look at midterm elections dating back all the way to the 80s, this is typical cycle. the question is whether we produce a result and reverse the trend next year. are you worried about next year? no, i like a good fight. so he says he s not worried. hang on.
house and senate have said no people understand that. and virginia looks a lot like america, the diversity of america. we have exit polling saying health care is the number one issue in america. i have a problem. you argue about the republican tax bill, which i think should get near passed. but you don t offer an alternative to rebuild this country. why do democrats fear to talk about construction, jobs, good jobs, railways, fixing up the country and building a big intercontinental railroad system. doing something that catches up to the rest of the world? why do democrats support public enterprise? i do that all the time, it s about bold opportunities for every community for everyone. stop dithering what republicans are doing and outmatch them. thank you. he does not claim the right to remove the nominee for president. president trump has cast a long shadow over the race, despite having just a 41% approval rating in virginia, not so high.
washington has been a reality, and we are the tenth largest state in the nation, and the most diverse, so anything coming out of washington, health care, taxes, environment, you name it, will have an impact in new jersey. some say what happened last night is a referendum to donald trump, and when cnn had exit polling, they asked the voters what motivated them, to support donald trump, 11%, and oppose donald trump, 28%, and president trump not a factor, 59%. is it possible that you and the p pundits are misreading this? no, my speech was about what we need to do going forward.
look at the republican party and what it has basically stood for over the last quarter of a century and more, it has been basically the agenda that trump has embraced as president. the legislative agenda. the regulatory agenda, and thele national security agenda. that s where all of this kind of comes out. there s not that much daylight between the republican party and donald trump, and the question tonight is whether trump brags drags the party down, or whether members of the party don t get close to him to get the updraft. i don t think there s a very good case for the updraft tonight.. tucker: i m hearing right now that the fox news decision desk is projecting that the democrat phil murphy will be the governor of new jersey. chris christie certainly among the most unpopular governors. and all of our research on this, in exit polling suggested that voters were mad at chris
other s faces. in a country where we have a president whose approval rating is in the 30s and a democratic party whose approval rating is in the 30s, any issue that flips 50-50 is a winner. the exit polling, they asked people about the confederate statues and it turns out the vast majority of virginians wanted to keep them up. i don t think the cultural issues are winners for the democrats, particularly in states even like virginia that are as blue as that state. dave? i don t think the cultural issues clearly, according to the election results today are winning issues for republicans. you know, republicans in virginia campaigned on exploiting racial stereotypes. you know, the republicans sent out mail pieces embracing donald trump s call where nfl players ought to stand up for the pledge of allegiance. and i think the reality is, these aren t winning issues for republicans. you ve got to be talking about a time when there s so much chaos across the country because washington is no