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All of the county. in 2016, president trump, donald j. trump, beat hillary clinton by 21 points. four years earlier in 2012, barack obama beat mitt romney by 12 points. so this is one of the places that joe biden is going to make his case, trying to get back some of those disaffected democrats into the fold. but again, before any of this can begin, he needs to convince some of those other democrats who are looking for new generation or new type of democratic candidate that hes the best prepared ...

Financial crisis since the great depression. >> the meager jobs numbers could help bidens case if he says, because of the tariff threat, et cetera, things are accelerating. >> look what were seeing replicate. going back to his own father, which he talked about before, inheriting $200 million, which he squandered, and now doing the same thing with the economy, which our administration handed him. >> his kick-off point is directed at farmers in particular, saying americas farmers are being hurt by...

Congressional districts that he had won, that are evidence of his core support from 2016 that are slipping away. >> just to put some apples to apples on it to really define the wave were dealing with in 18 because the senate seats its own map, 8% is the gap that democrats had over republicans in terms of total votes, thats well over the 2010 wave, the tea party wave for republicans, for example. despite the fact that republicans won over 60 seats in that election. so thats really an indication o...

Trump tide. across the board this years mid-term elections saw the best turnout in decades, so much the democratic governor wolf got more votes than donald trump did the year before. democrats are still fighting an uphill battle to reclaim the counties obama won and trump swung in 2016. they are making gains and counties outside the base, and these pivot counties will be among the most crucial counties going forward. democrats running for the house carried urban areas by a greater margin than th...

In the last three midterms. 2014, 2016. that is the number of pivot counties that won in 2016 that obama won twice before. that is the real battleground map. notice the cluster in the midwest. iowa, wisconsin and michigan. democrats are making strong runs for governor in each state that voted for trump. it is annoying to say it all comes down to turnout, it is a cliche and it is true. 40% is the average turnout for eligible voters in the last three midterms. including 2006 and 2010. 2014 midterm...

Senate. 16% is the average swing of independent voters to opposition party in the last three midterm elections. speaking of swing voters, 206. thats the number of so-called pivot counties that president trump won in 2016 that barack obama had won twice before. look at this map. thats the real battleground, folks. notice how they cluster around the upper midwest, iowa, wisconsin, michigan. democrats are making strong runs for governor in each of these states. while its annoying to say it all come...

Disliked get off my lawn grandma that a lot of people didnt like either. now its him on a national stage himself. no straw men. no one to play off of, no one to look at that says this bothers me but hillary. that brings his weaknesses when it comes to communicate to go the american people, that highlights those weaknesses because there is nobody to think off of. >> if hillary clinton isnt running again, if its a different democrat, is donald trump going to be as strong as he was in 2016? have --...