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Democrats in any mid term general election ballot. if im a democrat -- >> we do know there is evidence of a -- that republicans come out in these mid terms more than democrats do. we hear theres an enthusiasm surge because of women and the people of color running in the mid term elections. what do you make of what jen was saying? >> if you look at the house and senate, youre looking at two different things. in the house, i mean, you just look at virginia, pennsylvania, new york, new jersey, that...

Double the aluminum steel tariffs. that blew up the whole process. that tough negotiating stance actually resulted in the pastor spending a couple more months under house arrest. how does that impact whats going on now? i think a similar thing is probably going on. there are cool headed people in the policy establishment who are trying to think through what the next steps could be. president trump is reluctant for several reasons. he doesnt want to see high gasoline prices before the mid term el...

13-point lead among likely voters when voters are asked which party will you vote for? big lead for democrats here. new nbc/washington post data backs this up. the senate is more dicey. well get that in a minute. the president actually up from his poll numbers in recent months but still historically low when it comes to a president in his first midterm election. 43% in our poll, 41% in the new abc numbers. this driving democrats. we have democrats favored, look at the solid democrats, 182. 153 s...

Himself as a moderate. now hes embracing trump. we havent seen that he is in the polling weve looked at. the race looks tight. it is something the democrats have high hopes for. if they cant win of the states, either arizona or nevada, knock off a republican indumb becumbes going to throw a lot on their strategy to take the senate or even advance their position there. >> before this happens, hes going to go to florida. we heard a moment ago talking about the expectations for the visit there. let...

Night. he calls back the next morning for a 45-minute rambling interview. at the end of the interview the host says, shouldnt you be running the country at this point? its not good for business, right? hes not providing anything new. hes producing just redundant programming and for fox news, for instance, you know, these are hour-long rallies in primetime. they cant run any ads. you do that once or twice as a favor to trump, thats fine. you do that six or seven times a month, youre going to lose...

President joe biden among the favorite for 2020, followed by bernie sanders and kamala harris. heres what the senator had to say about this a short time ago. >> i say we have three weeks to go in the most important midterm of this election in the history of this country. and i think that is what we focus on right now. we have a presidential election coming in 2020. we will see what happens. but i think it is very wrong to deflect attention from the need to end one-party rule in washington right ...

Totally consumed by their chilling lusts for power. theyll destroy your second amendment and the democrats want to open our borders to a flood of deadly drugs and ruthless gangs. >> i want to start with the top line number, kevin, i am going to turn to you first. you are seeing an uptake among young adults and non white voters. what does that tell you what the midterm is going to shape up like? this is an election thats on the base, the base. there is no other way to look at it. on the left, y...

Been happening in this administration and in the country and they are energized. after the brett kavanaugh fight and seeing that the republicans really do not care about the american people, only 41% of them wanted brett kavanaugh in the justice seat. there he is. there were a myriad of other people they could have chose but they didnt want to, so this is what is firing up the democratic base. they are going to turnout for the midterm. >> on the other side f youre looking at these numbers that c...

People. remember, latinos already start off this midterm cycle -- democrat, excuse me, sort of a structural disadvantage when it comes to a latino tote. the fridge a-- theyre already overlapping with the demographic that does not turnout in the midterms and does not tend to identify with either party. so when you add that in to the mix, theres a big question whether democrats will be able to successfully mobilize this anger, dissatisfaction with the president into people showing up and turning o...

Empowered. >> shocking that were going to have a midterm transition like nobody has ever seen. before we say good-bye, wed like to know your thoughts on the 2018 election. so if you want to get something off your chest and do it anonymously, do it at our election confessions.com. and check out what other voters are saying, too. you dont want to admit what you are believing. admit it here. thats all we have for today. thanks for watching. well be back next week because if its sunday, its "meet ...