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Than night for the democrats. >> the early vote, the interesting thing is, it does break on gender gap. women are more likely to be early voters in florida, texas, georgia. i think that enthusiasm, women are more enthusiastic about the midterms. not only more enthusiastic than men, but theyre more enthusiastic than they were last midterm. so, women are really fueling the voting and the energy right now. >> and one of the things that happened, for instance, in florida, in 2016 when i was covering...

This 24/7 and then some. he has gone with fear over hope. hes gone with fear and the caravan and coming and giving inaccurate statements about the migrants on the march. instead of talking about the economy. he has a great economy. >> he tried -- i was at his rallies on friday and saturday. he tried to make this switch to talking about the economy more. we could tell stephen miller put in a lot more numbers about the economy in there. >> after the jobs numbers on friday. >> exactly. they thought...

Momentum shes developing on the ground and theyre trying whatever they can do to try to tamp it down. and i dont think its going to work. >> one of the big factors, of course, is president obama was out there for her over the weekend. weve seen him now campaigning so energetically and campaigning against a successor, taking on the record, taking on the misstatements. this goes against his reluctance to do that during the first year donald trump was in office. what motivated him to be such a stro...

Every person that fair shot. those are the core values that drove him into running for office in the first place. he thinks theyre in jeopardy if we continue on our existing path. hes been very clear that he thinks this is the most important election in his lifetime, including the times when he was running for office. and so hes going out on behalf of candidates he believes in, who he thinks represent those important core values and who are going to fight every day on behalf of the american peop...

Immigration, three huge issues dominating the headlines, of course, as we count down to election day. what we were just talking about right there -- guns and gun violence. we havent heard a lot of that from the midterm messaging so we are going to put that to a survivor of the parkland school shooting in florida who is with us next. making my dreams a reality takes more than just investment advice. from insurance to savings to retirement, it takes someone with experience and knowledge who can he...

The midterm vote also includes 36 races for governor. and democrats see a giant opportunity to roar back at the statehouse level. republicans dominate in the current balance of power. 33 gop governors, 16 democrats, and one independent, but democrats 2018 hopes include a half-dozen contests in midwestern states that currently have republican governors and democrats see a chance to make history in florida and georgia. tallahassee mayor andrew gillum wants to be floridas first black governor. and ...

Mentioning the trump administration or the president by name, he said, i believe in fact-based campaigns. >> right. and i do think, actually, health care is the sleeper issue of this election. the democrats do very well, it will be because not only of a referendum on president trump, whose supremely unpopular with a lot of -- majority of voters, but really because of health care. so, so fascinating to watch health care be on the ballot in 2010, be on the ballot in 2014, his party takes a beating...

Plantation, we determined were not going back. >> that statement there from joe beasley, a civil rights leader here in atlanta, saying we will not go back. but with georgias secretary of state being sued for policies that restrict the vote, how big of an impact could voter suppression have here and in other states? >> well, voter registration laws in the u.s. are -- have always been very problematic and in this midterm there are eight states with new voter registration laws, which creates all ki...

To be taken into consideration. its much bigger than in the huge midterm election but that is just one key component. >> i think the reason why this has been successful for democrats in new mexico too where you have small who is a recreational hunter and she can talk about additional gun safety measures and still have a lot of credibility for people who want be supporters of the second amendment. >> you bring up an important point. the diversity of candidates here wing this time around. we have ...

Going to make you bite your nails this morning. republicans 1.8 million. democrats 1.7 million. now, the no party affiliation or others is 835,000. all of these numbers are according to the florida secretary of state. now florida has than reputation that most of the voters here are senior citizens, but that is not the case this year. 52% of registered voters are millennials, gen examixors and are more disenfranchised with the two-party system. sounds cliche but it depends who is out voting this ...