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The democratic nominee may not be the beneficiary. an average of leading polls finding donald trump ahead with nearly 31%. but tied for second, hillary clinton there. with evan mcmullin, the independent candidate. i talked to mcmullin yesterday about whether he expects support from anti-trump republicans. >> they could help us right now. i think its clear i heard you earlier, your piece, utahs either going to go to donald trump or to me. so they could help us win utah or they could allow it to b...

To the support for trump versus hillary. >> "the new york times" reporting the spending in the next two weeks. they think theres a chance because of the growing latino population there. the mormon vote is significant in arizona. donald trumps having some problems there. so, you know, are there areas weakness you see, robert? >> the hispanic vote has always been large and significant. we have 31% of our population is hispanic. thats where weve been doing a lot of engagement. weve been reaching in...

The weather may be awful and could change the turnout. but organization might not be as important. lets take another scenario if trump is still doing well. the guy has 5 million twitter followers. what if he starts tweeting out caucus locations. who knows on that one? >> the republican side i think we know is almost going to be -- we have gone through it pretty deep and know how dominant the mormon vote will be. the democratic side is heavily hispanic. heavily labor, a lot of unions. is there an...

Up state, folks in greenville, spartanburg, voters, evangelical, can he maybe get a good second place finish here in south carolina based on the current polls to motivate himself into the next set of primaries. right now trump is really the name thats on everyones tongues. i was in aiken on saturday and 4,000 people showed up. i dont know who else can get that kind of crowd at the moment. >> andy shane, right, nobody else seems to get those crowds. well be seeing you a lot come february. thank y...

Who is the new hampshire independent voter this year, and which primary are they going to be involved in? >> well, certainly, youre seeing independent voters take a look at someone like donald trump whos a populist candidate, whether doesnt identify strongly with the republican party and independent voters are of two camps be there are voters who carefully think about which primary to go to, and then there are those independent voters who are really in it for the show, and theyre going to be att...

I do think, and perry said numbers accurately, a quarter of the turnout being mormon is going to matter if thats what it is, if theyll have the same enthusiasm when an actual mormon matter if that is what it is, if they have the same enthusiasm. that could be a huge percentage of the caucus turnout. they will get out there and vote and many are going to vote for marco rubio. >> when i was las vegas for the debate they talk about caucus being organizational test. it could be about national moment...

Hillary clinton has been in this state for six or eight months now. they hired the right people from the obama and clinton campaigns. they have both sets of people working it. they dont have yet the indoersment. as you remember the culinary union is about 56% hispanic. it is not yet indoersed. most people endorsed obama and clinton ended up winning the state. obama understood the caucus system and got more delegates. they learned now the caucuses are important, all the comments about how they do...

John ensign back in the 1990s, give it to the democrats, because that is one place where they can get the union voters out and if its close, it always seems to tip in the democrats favor. >> you got union vote. youve got hispanic vote very big there. on the other side, the governor, who is pretty popular, has not gone all out yet for mitt romney. hes endorsed him, obviously. youve got a big mormon vote there. and republicans have put a lot of their best operatives in the country in that state. s...

Up. the mormon vote is going to be important. whether itll be determinative is a different question. i just broke a story yesterday that the mormon church here is starting a voter registration drive. they say its nonpartisan, theyre just encouraging the church congress regants to participate as they always do. however, it is clear that a very large percentage, if not nearly all of the mormons who vote l vote for mitt romney. only about 7% of the population, jenna. but if they vote in disproporti...

>> andrea: welcome back to "the five." in case you gist missed it, mitt romney officially given the nomination for the republican candidacy for president. but he doesnt officially accept it until thursday. going forward, my colleagues, what can we expect, eric? because the next couple of days he is going to be making his case. who are you excited to see make the case on his behalf? >> eric: i want to see tonight, talk about it earlier, i want to see mia love, mayor in utah, where three t black p...