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To want to listen. thats how you find it. later in the show, i will talk to tennessee governor bill haslem. a fight to the finish in wisconsin where another governors race is going down to the wire. were back in the badger state, so join us for that. plus political report moving ten house races in the final runup to the midterm. a migraine hope to be there... for the good. and not so good.

Back now with "end game", i want to put up a simple chart, guys, which is presidential approval and number of seats lost in a midterm, first midterm. we have donald trumps rating, 46%. we dont know how many seats his party will lose, but check out barack obamas in the first midterm, approval rating at 47%, 63 seats lost, bill clinton, 48%, 54 seats. 46%? some republicans are going, wow, hey, you know, thats survivable, but look historically, and i think one of the things we fail to do in 16 was ...

Seats. that being said, we feel good about the position were in, but were not blind to the fact this is a presidents first midterm when we have this many seats up, like i said, 26 of the 36, we knew we had our work cut out for us. thats why at rga weve worked hard, raised a record amount of money this cycle and making certain were putting that money to good use here in the last three weeks of the campaign. >> you know, its interesting when you look at the great lakes region in general, that part...

Than my pals over at the cook report. >> thanks, chuck. >> thanks very much. and joining me now is republican governor bill haslam of tennessee. hes the person in charge of getting republicans elected to state houses across the country. governor haslam, welcome to "meet the press." >> good morning, thanks. >> well, let me start with a similar question i started with senator van hollen. what would you consider a good night for republican governors? is it limiting the number of losses? i mean i ...

Everybody ready for the big day tomorrow. >> so many people in a bar so early there in cleveland. hallie jackson, safe travels to you. good morning to you. craig melvin here in new york city. there are just 19 hours now until the first polls open in one of the most tension-filled midterms in recent history. voters telling nbc news in a new poll theyre more excited about this election than even the huge midterm of 2010 when democrats lost the house. in that same poll voters say its democrats who ...

And we all think what we know about texas, but guess what, lets wait for the vote. thank you, garrett. and thanks to all of our correspondents on the ground. joining me now is democrat chris van hollen of maryland. hes the man who is in charge of getting democrats elected to the senate. senator van hollen, welcome back to "meet the press." >> chuck, its great to be with you. >> you were the dccc chair in the 2010 midterms when democrats lost more than 60 seats. it was the first midterm of pres...

Going as strongly for the republican party as they usually would. have you seen any data that suggests that? the millennials, im sorry, a shift of 1%, a hiccup, in the over 65 group. that makes a bigger difference than all the millennials voting right now just in sheer numbers in the midterm. >> the last midterm in 2014, 56% of eligible seniors cast ballots, 19.9% of millennials did. so now that were seeing 73% of seniors engaged and 51% of millennials, you might think thats bad for democrats bu...

Counties like bay, jackson, liberty, those eight counties where people are still voting, were going to see perhaps not only a record early vote, but it is possible that well see more people in the state of florida voting early rather than voting on election day. of course, that will change the tables as well. one of the big questions, ali, is do republicans who were energized by donald trump, those who had sat out years upon years of elections, are they energized for an election like this during...

Democratic demographics. and as the leader of the republican party, trump has set the tone for whats been called a disgraceful display of race-baiting, dirty tricks and outright lies from many gop candidates. the republican gubernatorial candidate in georgia launched an unsubstantiated attack on his democratic opponent stacey karks brams. in what democrats said was an attempt to deflect attention just two days before a crucial midterm election, mr. kemp used his official position sunday to annou...

Getting democrats elected to the senate. senator van hollen, welcome back to "meet the press." >> chuck, its great to be with you. >> you were the dccc chair in the 2010 midterms when democrats lost more than 60 seats. it was the first midterm of president obama. you were the dsc chair here in the first term of president trump. compare the two atmosphere. >> i was also dccc chair in 2008, which was another very good year for democrats. but look, there are big differences between the house and se...