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Tell b tell us about that. >> think about lincoln, not well known and engages douglas in debates. or think about teddy roosevelt. he runs in a midterm, 1898 as governor, becomes theodore roosevelt, a president. and fdr in the 1930s in the midterms wins a landslide governors race and becomes fdr, one of the historic presidents. so theres someone out there who may emerge and that may be regarded as the most important part of the midterms and we dont know it yet. >> you may have heard president tru...

Presidents going into their first midterm, it doesnt necessarily bode well for the republicans. >> no. when obama and bush and clinton have had similar results, similar nights, it has meant a blood bath in terms of the loss of house seats. one thing president trump has going for him above and beyond anything else is the fact that the math for the senate is so difficult for democrats. theyre playing defense in so many of those seats but on the house side, republicans are playing defense and these...

Sitting when they faced their first midterm election and lost the house. strongly disapprove, 47% of voters say they strongly disapprove of the presidents performance. the passion is on the disapproval side, jake. and then, of course, how does the president factor into your vote? 65% of them saying they are, indeed, voting with donald trump as a factor in mind. 26% of them say theyre doing it to support president trump but more are doing it, 39%, to oppose president trump and only 33% said trump...

Candidate driving someone out, to a certain passion about donald trump, positive or negative, to a general feeling of angst about the political discourse throughout the station. that was the feeling of one of the voters i talked to. she has been a voter in this district for almost 40 years, and shes fed up with the political die vvide in this country. thats why she came out. take a listen. >> im hoping that people see whats going on and they really take the time to come out and vote and to try t...

Of stuff? he said, well, if i had done that, i wouldnt be sitting here talking to you. so it was this idea that, like, i have to do this. its the only way i actually can get ahead. and i think he does believe that. and i dont know. maybe its true. maybe its true. maybe if he hadnt acted that way, he wouldnt have gotten the nomination. >> charlie, has any president ever nationalized a midterm in this way? >> not quite like this. >> so let me ask you this. let me get this poll in. this is a new cn...

I mean, whoever even heard of midterms? they dont even know what it is. ive had a lot of people say i dont know what midterm is but now im watching every single minute. and im going out to vote. but the key is you have to go out to vote. because in a sense i am on the ticket. >> and with that lets bring in the after-hours gang who probably have spent a lot of their time paying attention to midterms their entire lifetime. david chalian, nia malika henderson, gloria borger, van jones, jennifer gra...

Ballot, we could hear the word "first" a lot. a number of candidates, both democrat and republican, are set to make history this midterm. voters casting ballots for african-american, transgender and women candidates are likely to break down a series of societal barriers. maeve reston is here with a look at the prominent first, starting with who could become first as far as first black governors in their states. >> yeah, its going to be an amazing night. we obviously have this marquis race, with ...

>> a very good tuesday morning to you. its election day. im jim sciutto. thanks so much for watching today. >> were live for you in washington. good morning, everyone. im poppy harlow. its 10:00 a.m. out east, 7:00 in the west. polls coast to coast are open now from sea to shining sea. every state except alaska and hawaii where its still super early. in oregon and washington, which do their elections by mail. if you are not one of the 33 million voter whose cast their ballots early this year, an...

Typically lose seats in the first midterm election of a presidency. the economy is doing well. and also if republicans do well it could be a sign that nationalizing the midterm elections was helpful. because it drove republican voters who might be come lay sent to the polls. because the it does come down to turn out. >> is he still right? after all the years. >> thank you so much. come back in a few minutes. 42 minutes passed the hour. missile launches in iran. a quick and forceful response to t...

43% of voters that were not voting democrat are not voting because they know it will grind d.c. to a halt. >> robby, what races are you looking at today? >> i cant believe im saying this. before you were on, nathan gonzales was on. he was pointing out new jersey and virginia. they close earlier in the night. if we win one seat in virginia, thats good. two or three in new jersey, thats awesome. new jersey, we could win up to four. >> democrat side? >> yes. i mentioned florida before. that was an ...