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More votes than was earlier thought than the substantial votes that nelson already had? >> so and we still have not heard officially from the secretary of state in tallahassee that a hand recount is about to start, what time its going to start. the numbers that are coming in from all of these different -- a couple dozen different machine recounts show that the scott lead has extended a little bit. but less than 1,000 for now. >> neil: got it. all right. again, hes trying to overcome about a 14,0...

Last couple days, 3 or 4 point gap, this will serve to galvanize and remind republican voters and so many races, congressional, gubernatorial, senate races, the top subcategory, their margin of error, all about turnout and if this issue is broadcast, what we are talking about may get somebody who might not vote. shannon: interesting back when the brett kavanaugh thing came to a head, the uptick in enthusiasm and people were fired up on both sides, not just republicans but democrats and waned a l...

Going to the polls and the 2018 mid-term elections will being decided. and in the closing days of the campaign, president trumps approval rating is dropping down four points to 40%. his disapproval rating is up to 54%. what was a six point negative approval rating a week ago is now a 14 point gap. republicans are now pouring last minute money into reliably red districts to hold off democratic challengers while the trump campaign announced it is spending $6 million to air a closing ad that does n...

Know, candidate x or candidate y is a vote for me. >> its totally a referendum on trump. if its not, these are 435 local house races or however many actual contestant races there are. i think basically what we have here is a situation in which we are not going to know what the electorates like until they vote. if it is like midterm elector ats of the past the numbers republicans are seeing very heartening to republicans. if we are seeing a shift in enthusiasm to democratic constitue constituenci...

Found last night. vote for congress in your district? a seven point gap between democrats and republicans in favor of democrats, which is the same seven point gap from a month ago. you rarely see this, dont you? >> we have seen a remarkable constancy this year going back to the winter really after the weird effect of the tax cut went through, first negative and then positive for republicans. weve been at about seven points for most of the year. thats about where the average of the democratic adv...

Weave. a cnn poll showing good news for democrats come november. 54% of likely voters in the new poll say theyd choose a democrat over republican for congress right now. 41% would pick a republican over the democrat. its a 13 point gap. the new numbers giving hope to democrats on the ballot, of course, especially one in a crucial swing district in iowa, a district that voted for obama, then for trump. kyung lah is "outfront" with the latest in our series "born to run." ♪ >> reporter: in northe...

Democrats and republicans when asked who do you want in office in your state, in your district is now just a 7 point gap. what are the republicans up against right now? >> well, again, i think in a midterm election you have to look state by state. district by district. in the senate i think we have a lot of close races but i think we are poised to pick up a bunch of seats. you look at heitkamp in north dakota. no question kevin cramer is poised to be the next senator from there. senator rick sco...

Would be in doubt my sense is mitch mcconnell was never going to let this go. >> so in that "the washington post" survey we were discussing last hour, a decisive factor in the democrat support appears to be women who prefer democratic candidates by 14 points, 54 to 40% while men favor republicans by five points. new cnn ssrs poll shows 31% of women approve of the job that the president is doing. 62% disapprove. on the flip side 51% of men approve while 43% disapprove. thats a gender gap of 39 po...

Ive heard midday. but everything is very fluid, so im not sure that that is still the case. but that would set up a vote, final confirmation vote to put kavanaugh on the court sometime on saturday. >> all right. well stay close to both of you as you get more information. the vote on brett kavanaughs nomination comes just weeks before the midterm elections. democrats have the momentum going into the november vote, but the momentum seems to be building on the other side of the aisle as well. top r...

Supporting, 40% opposing. marri marist polling shows a 2 point gap, down from 10 points in july. and democrats have a 6 point advantage over republicans down from 12% in september. according to a new fox news poll, republicans are now just as likely as democrats to say theyre extremely interested in the mid-terms in five key battle ground states. when we come back well take a look at how women, especially the 52% of white women who voted for trump are saying how theyll vote this time. well discu...