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The community doesnt just have small businesses, it is small businesses. and thats why american express founded small business saturday. so, this year lets all get up, get out and shop small on november 24th. i got croissant. small business saturday. a small way to make a big difference. welcome to "up." there are two days, fewer than 48 hours, until the first polling places open and politicians are not holding back. >> i will say this. a andrew gillum is not equipped to be your governor. hes ...

Down here. >> neera tanden, the early voting numbers are striking. nationwide, 32 million in the last midterm election, 2014, where there was not a presidential candidate on the ballot, that total for early voting was 21 million. its a striking difference. what do you make of it? >> theres obviously a dramatic interest in this election, i think something thats really important to see in these numbers is that we have people who have never voted before. not only voting in the midterm, but early vo...

Fair, and the author of "why wall street matters." president trump has been campaigning nonstop. he has been on an absolute media blitz for weeks now. and a week ago, i would say, man, hes dominating all of the attention. but in the last week, whether its the obama or the oprah effect. democrats have definitely picked up steam. are you happy with how theyre doing on the campaign? >> president trump has been the best recruiter, the best fund-raiser, the best candidate that the democratic party ha...

>> i watched in montana. he began by saying i could talk about jobs, but its boring. we have jobs everywhere. betsy is exactly right. in the nbc news poll, an astonishing 74% of people polled, its question 15 if you want to get into it, said that they are either very satisfied or satisfied with their personal economic situation. thats off the charts for the first election in a midterm. and so in montana last night he did get around to talking about the caravan, but he started with jobs and in a ...

>> 42% of the country doesnt have $400 available for an emergency. >> were going into a midterm election. if you are living on the iron range in northern minnesota, in a congressional district thats competitive, you love president trump because he gave you tariffs on imported steel. but if youre living closer to the twin cities and youre a soy farmer, youre voting against president trump in this midterm because of whats happened to soy. you have to not talk about a macro economy, but the impact ...

But ive heard nancy pelosi has said that for every midterm cycle for the last eight, ten years. >> it tried and true. its bound to balance out. gabe, your reaction to that? lets talk broadly about polling. were here looking at all this stuff. early voting numbers, enthusiasm, this and that. whats changed between 2016 and today when it comes to how we forecast out whats going to happen on election day? >> well, i think anyone around this table -- ill speak for myself. throwing out predictions is ...

Projection, and its really just to drive people who havent been voting in special elections, to actually vote. democrats have been excited to vote. the reality of the next 72 hours is, we have a lot of house incumbent republicans, who are not at 50%, theres like 40, 45 of those who are not in 50%, and thats usually a bad sign. i think a lot of democrats are well funded. the most important thing is to get out the vote. its really about turning out voters and a midterm that is harder than a presid...

Really just to drive people who havent been voting in special elections to actually vote because democrats have been excited to vote. and the reality of the last, the next really 72 hours is we have a lot of house incumbent republicans who are not at 50%. theres like 40, 45 of those who are not at 50% in public pollings. thats usually a bad sign. i think a lot of democrats are well funded. the most important thing is to get out the vote. now its really about turning out voters in a midterm that ...

Talked to talk about down here. >> nera tanden, as of now, nationwide early voting, 32 million in the last midterm election, 2014, where there was not a presidential candidate on the ballot, that total for early voting was 21 million. its a really streaking difference. what do you make of it? >> well, theres obviously a dramatic interest in the selection, but i think something thats really important to see in these numbers is we have people who have never voted before not only voting in the midt...

Theres a demand over here for those people to come here. i mean, you have supply and demand. you have everything right there. >> joining us now, cnn senior political commentator and host of the ax files, david axelrod. obviously this issue, the issue of immigration, is deeply personal for schwarzeneggerr. what struck you the most from your interview? >> well, what struck me most from the interview is why he is a former republican politician and not a current republican politician in the sense th...