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Lives nor new york and new jersey. others just have a hard time with his tone and how he conducts himself. is that fair? >> from new jersey seems familiar. i have done dozens of focus groups and women and voters feel that the tone from the president really reflects a national problem. >> can he fix it in four days? >> i think this election is pretty baked in at this point. >> four days to go. nothing is baked in. i get your point. hope to see you back here sunday morning. 8:00 a.m. eastern. busy...

>> elise, youve done so many focus groups over the past year or two. and it is fascinating that donald trump and donald trumps campaign, he hasnt been talking about the economy, he hasnt been talking about taxes, he hasnt been talking about tissues you expect him to talk about the most. hes making up stories about caravans, throwing pebbles, hes saying hes going to rewrite the constitution with presidential signature. why is he doing that and based on all your focus groups, how is that going to ...

Optimistic, i think hes hoping to cut his losses. hes going to hold the senate, maybe pick up a couple of seats. then he can say its a split verdict. i picked up a couple of seats thats based on geography. its a traditional game. is there a mind behind this fear mongering? >> there always is someone to blame when it comes to donald trump. today he was going, ripping into paul ryan a bit for criticizing him over the birthright citizenship issue. this was interesting for me to go out. i just got b...

Different places every single day, exciting people, telling people that we have an opportunity together to solve some of the problems that were concerned about right now. and together, to overcome what were seeing coming out of the trump administration, and that is so unappealing to a lot of us here in this state and our values. >> let me put up the graphic about the key groups involved in this race, you can see congressman orourke up 16% with independents. are you worried about that and should ...

In texas before. to put that in perspective, in california only 70,000 new voters have voted at this point. 214% increase in latino voters. and were seeing a surge in that very important vote that beto has been appealing to, suburban women, and also a big, big surge in african-american voters too. >> let me ask you about the women factor here, because you do make that point. when you look at some of these key groups as it relates to recent polling, congressman orourke is only up seven with women...

Campaigning today, senator cruz today is in south texas trying to win the hispanic vote. in 2012, he got 20% of the hispanic vote. this is not a traditional election. >> you talk about the hispanic vote, president trump has been talking about birth right citizenship, hes been talking about troops to the border. how do border politics play to ted cruz in texas? >> its a great question. at the beginning of this cycle, i also work for governor abbott in texas, we do focus groups around the state wi...

Whoever, you look at democrats shaking your head going no! no, this is not the way you respond to a loss. you respond to a loss by, by doubling down your efforts. but right now they are so deflated, its just really -- its pretty stunning. >> well, democrats just need to get out of their own way. the momentum really seemed to be behind the blue wave and then in the past couple of weeks ive been lucky to get out on the campaign trail with lord ashcroft polls and doing focus groups in new hampshire...

Ladies get. everyone doesnt get that. and of course that is the concern. that is the concern of the people who live in these communities that for now, this is targeting political figures apparently. but there is a concern of course about what could come next as always. andrea. >> ron allen in chappaqua. and joining us is jeremy peters of the "new york times," and jeremy, you have been to a lot of the rallies and talk about some of the speech and some of the ways that you have seen these audience...

Issues, talk health care. one of the big reasons why i talk to democratic strategists and that do focus groups, they believe voters get more depressed the more you talk about washington and donald trump, in a way leaning in on health care is something youre able to talk about, an issue that doesnt demoralize your base or segment the base that dont want to talk about the president. >> im going to ask you, you did so much prognosticating, following the close closely, when you look at 2016 and toda...

Voters thats the bargain theyve chosen to strike. when you look at the top issues in that nbc "wall street journal" poll, the top issue is the economy, 38% of voters said thats their top issue and republicans in this poll are winning on that issue by the largest margin, i think it said in the history of the nbc "wall street journal" poll. so its a tradeoff that voters are making in their mind where theyre like, yeah, he is kind of a jerk but hes our jerk and maybe the economy is going well. i th...