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Back now with "end game." i want to put up a simple chart 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. check out barack obama. his approval rating, 47%. 63 seats were lost. bill clinton, 48%, 54 seats. hugh hewitt, 46%. i have some republicans going, well, hey, thats survivable, but if you look historically, and i think one of the things we failed to do in 16 was remember h...

Welcome back. a republican congressmans comments comparing his midterm race to war are not sitting well with his purple heart recipient challenger, texas incumbent john carter called the fight against his opponent a war, going onto say, quote, were going to win, i will beat this lady. hagar is a combat search pilot who served three tours in afghanistan and is vying for the district 31 spot. her team released this ad in response to the comments. >> congressman carter, im mj hagar, you know, the l...

People have voted early so far. blowing past the numbers of early voting back in 2014. what we can take from that is the electorate is energized. >> the best news we can have wednesday morning is a record number of americans voting. i like that number. were going to take a quick break. coming up, weve been talking about it all morning. weve got a strong economy, excellent jobs report. this is a potentially winning midterm message for republicans. were going to dig into why theyre not focusing on...

Journal" poll finds democrats hold a 7 point advantage over republicans in the midterm but republicans have picked up a couple of points since october. the poll also shows record enthusiasm and interest in this thing. 85% for democrats 82% for republicans. and going into tomorrows vote. seeing a referendum on donald trump. a majority still disapprove. 52%. the president along with his predecessor have been relentless in making closing arguments in the campaign. >> go out and vote republican, do ...

And an unfounded accusation that state dems are trying to hack the election. we have both responses new this morning, and a team of campaign road warriors spread out across the country. we have packed our bags on the eve of this election that will effectively be the first national verdict on the trump presidency and the test of the post 2016 message in whats becoming a midterm for the history books. races are in dead heats, almost everywhere that matters. take a step back, here is whats at stake...

Thing. were spending millions of dollars to move the horse race, and it depends on the electorate. if you look at what turnout is right now and how young voters are turning out right now, and you have 1.1 million more voters in georgia. we dont know what that electorate looks like. its hard for us to predict the model that says okay, this is what typically happens in a midterm, so if you look at that swath of the electorate, this is what the horse race should be. the problem is we dont know what...

Hes looking for the note thats got the guys name on them. hes not there for them. hes there because hes made this entire mid-term about him. >> chris matthews, the theory of love and hate must appeal to you somewhat. >> well, it does. our new numbers today, thanks to god we have great numbers. 68% of the american people are satisfied with the american economy. thats a huge number. only 38% say were in the right direction. that is a 30-point differential. this is unusual it has something to do wi...

President regards his base. we often hear that the base takes him seriously, if not literally, but it really does raise the question of whether he views his own base as essentially gullible or just completely impervious to the truth. >> i want to open this up to john heilman, anyone on the panel if anyone has an answer. so john, donald trump is trying to make a case about him. didnt work for ronald reagan. popular guy but got wiped out in 82, wiped out in 86. didnt work for barack obama, the onl...

Plus, ill talk to stacey abrams, the democratic candidate for governor of georgia. chris van hollen and governor bill haslam of tennessee, the head of the republican governors association. and one last look at where the race stands. will democrats win back the house? will republicans actually make gains in the senate? and what message will voters be sending to president trump? well have the results of our final midterm nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. joining me for insight and analysis are ...

Of tennessee, the head of the republican governors association. and one last look at where the race stands. will democrats win back the house? will republicans actually make gains in the senate? and what message will voters be sending to president trump? well have the results of our final midterm nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. joining me for insight and analysis are savannah guthrie, hugh hewitt, nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, democratic pollster cornell belcher and nbc ne...