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Acquired eight cumulative seats averaging one per decade, and so if we picked up two, three, four, that is a big percentage of that number. so in the last 80 years, you think of that. only eight seats. in president obamas first midterm election, he lost six senate seats, include ing ing i deep blue state of massachusetts. republicans captured at least four senate seats held by democrat incumbents and these are tremendously talented hard working people that did this the. indiana, north dakota, fl...

>> we have given funding for that. a lot of funding. i believe its a problem. and can i tell you what? its a problem that i dont like even a little bit. go ahead. >> reporter: youve said pretend im on the ballot yesterday. you called it a referendum on your presidency. many local districts across the country rejected your midterm message, particularly suburban women. how do you bridge that divide now? also with the influx of women coming into congress? >> i think i was well received. look at the...

Democrat. thats joe cunningham winning again. that was mark sanfords district. alan, youve been standing by patiently. your big picture thoughts on the night. >> i want to tell you the hidden meaning of these midterm elections for 2020. as you know, i have a system called the keys to the white house that have correctly forecast the results of every presidential election since before you were born in 184. and as a result of this midterm, the incumbent republican whos hold the white house lost a k...

Gets the numbers shes hoping for in this ballot count. and we think that those provisional and provisional ballots -- those absentee and provisional ballots, i should say, theyll start counting them sometime today. stephanie? >> thanks so much. joining me now, i have a fantastic panel this morning. steve israel, outgoing republican from pennsylvania, congressman brian costello, a national political reporter, and charlie sites contributing editor of the weekly standard. and cornell bellcher. de...

Immigration. >> reform. >> infrastructure, entitlement reform, there are a any number of things that if you could take some of the showman energy, just part of it and sort of funnel it, if you could take the professional wrestling energy and get a little brookings institution, you would actually have something here. but its all going to stay over here, i think. the hope i think is that this was -- there is sort of a spectrum here. there is jfk and george w. bush. george w. won a couple of seats....

Get a plan thats right for you. td ameritrade. ♪ accounten. accounwelcome back to msnbcs cf election day or i guess the day after election day officially now because on west coast its 12:39. it is 3:39 in the morning here in new york city. our coverage of a major midterm flip continues right now. im willie gift. we already know democrats will take control of the house of representatives. were waiting on results from late races before we know by just how much the democrats

Different college educated voter voting this time versus last time. >> theres no question about that. look, midterms are about referendum on the president but also about energy. when i chair the democratic congressional campaign committee we had a cold call voters and beg them to show up at the polls. there was no cold calling. this was just white hot energy -- >> people were in three-hour lines in california when there was ten minutes before the polls were closing. >> who propelled that energy?...

The first results are about to come in. we are watching it, oh, so closely. a high stakes night here in washington as voters across the nation are delivering a midterm verdict on the trump presidency. we are standing by for the first votes this hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer along with jake tapper. hee are he we are here in the cnn election center and were counting do to making projections in the battle for control of congress...

Kansas, north carolina, michigan, massachusetts, and florida. >> busy day. >> it was. i spent all day doing this. not scientific, again. these were all women who lean right, dont love what trump said. all plan to vote republican down the line because they like the policies. so i think were -- we decided that women as a monolith will be turned off and flee the other way. i think women are turned off, but many i think will still vote for the policies. >> he may be lucky hes not on the ballot. turn...

Florida has two of the most contentious races, governor and senate, also big house races there. a lot of star power from political parties canvassing the state to turn out the vote. rosa flores live in florida with more. rosa? >> reporter: john, good morning. i dont know if i should say that florida is famous or infamous for its nail-biting elections but races are won by razor-thin margins and this midterm is no exception. there is a deeply involved electorate here in florida of the about 13 mil...