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Changing demographics, in part because of ideological shifts, were going to see more competition where georgia isnt going to be ruby red anymore. it may be pink. it could very well be purple in the near future, if not today. >> how are the independents here? or the moderates, maybe even the white women in this state? both campaigns will admit that white women are going to be very important, as long as stacey abrams gets the african-american turnout that she wants, it could come down to the white...

Makes his job even harder than it normally would be for a democrat running statewide in texas, a state that has not produced a democrat statewide in like 24 years. >> let me ask you a logic question. hes run as a progressive democrat, a liberal democrat, if you will. he hasnt pulled his punches like joe donnelly is doing in indiana. how can he tell the people of texas who are red in their souls and in their dna to elect a progressive democrat? whats the case? >> hes done two things. the first ca...

You can see places like north dakota staying red, red, ruby red. >> i obviously agree with that. but if you talk to people that are in the know in the polling area, in the republican party, theyre saying that theres about 40 districts inside the margin offer, at least on the house side. thats sort of a miracle in some ways. and its probably a tribute to the presidents strategy. whether you like the strategy or not, he is forcing the agenda to bring more voters to participate in this house. >> ho...

Say. >> [ inaudible ] honest. he said deal with -- they created they have to be more costly medicaid and social security. watch happens. lives of so many people. >> reporter: you can hear in the vice presidents voice how much he has been on the campaign trail, starting to lose it. he was in ohio yesterday, home to several key house districts that could decide who controls congress after election day. meanwhile, the president continuing to head to those ruby red places where he remains popular. h...

>> reporter: you can hear in the former vice presidents voice as he has been on the campaign trail as he is losing his voice. president trump starts his day at the white house but on the road shortly. he is head to go places where he is popular. two ruby red states georgia and tennessee and he is going to be there in support of candidates running for governor in georgia and the senate in tennessee. blackburn is the candidate in tennessee and shows you where republicans believe they have an oppor...

Which is in ruby red rural states like montana where the presidents base reigns supreme. then you have the house race where the real battle grounds are these suburban districts where moderate swing voters are going to make the difference. i think the presidents strategy here could be very effective when it comes to the rural voters with some of the ads he is running. the closing argument is not an economic argument. it is a cultural argument. he is convincing them we have an invasion, a crisis o...

Thousands of people. and to get it done, theyre going to have to go around their republican-controlled legislatures. garrett haake went to ruby red, idah idaho. >> reporter: a lot more cattle than people here? >> in our part of the world, cattle outnumber people 6-1. >> reporter: got it. >> you could say were rural. >> reporter: its an unlikely place to find an outspoken republican applicant for novembers ballot initiative to expand medicaid. but he said thats what he became when his sons health...

These -- this rhetoric is hurting him in these suburban districts that jonathan wrote about this morning. but the map of the u.s. senate, the battlefield and the battleground where this whole election is playing out is in ruby red states where the president won, and those are the places where this rhetoric plays, and that is the presidents instincts, and hes following his instincts. thats what were seeing play out. >> thats this cycle, right? >> thats what i meant about shortsight shortsighted. ...

What motivates people. in his base states, in the ruby red states, in ruby red districts, this is an effective message. for the rest of the country and suburban house districts that he might need to win, way less so. >> rob, some of my kid, our kids, they love bernie. they get interested in politics on a positive note. they like certain things. they dont seem to fear trump in the way that older people do. i really notice this. they dont seem to rise their history behind this guy. >> you talk abo...

You shouldnt just say im a democrat or im a republic and therefore i expect to get your vote. it comes down to what is behind that platform. >> but, alice, do you think donald trump deserves credit for tightening up the numbers? >> absolutely, and angela is 100% right when it comes to each district is different. were going to have these house races, which as she says, these are individual and specific. what works in manhattan is not going to work in rudy red montana. a lot of these congressional...