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Thompson the democrat. the margin is 53 to 46. let me put in perspective why this is an incredibly close margin for this district and what that could mean, bigger picture, in american politics. remember, seven-point win tonight for the republican. this district just last november on election day donald trump won it by 27 points, a 20-point drop from trump in november to estes in this special election night. this is where the district is here. near piece of perspective, seven points. how about th...

Theyre being played off after a slowdown in demand for cruze see dan, the same one donald trump claims gm is making in mexico to sell in the united states. nbcs ron mott is live in warren, ohio. quite a contrast in optics coming up on inauguration day. its interesting the county youre in, trumbell county, has voted recently. trump won by seven points. a county that barack obama won in 2012. >> reporter: they say, were democrats in this part of ohio but a lot voted for donald trump at the top of ...

Not perhaps the surprise that we had been expecting. for months, it was thought that the far right party, the freedom party here, and their presidential candidate had a very, very good chance of becoming austrias next president. he would have been the first far right head of state in europe nce world war ii. the last time this election was run, he came very, very close. well, it turns out that there was a surprise. he was not only beaten, he was beaten badly. seven points, a clear victory. he co...

You also represent youngstown to the south of you, we talked about, but in trumbull county, the incredible change in results in just, really, four years. donald trump won by seven points. barack obama won by 23 points. i mean that was a huge wake-up call for you, and you said that democrats dont understand what happened. so as someone from this part of ohio where you are, what do they need to know? what happened? >> well i mean, theres a reason i got 70% in that county or more and our national c...

40 hours a week, maybe holding a second job, and you know, you work with the little league and been a good parent, you really are struggling, whats wrong with this picture. and you want to change the picture, and apparently, more went in to the voting booth than -- and decided that trump was the answer. but it is interesting. you mention the exit polls. i had exit polls, one of the best news organizations around, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, on election night, state by state, and they were off by six o...

Michigan. those states will tell the story tonight, erin. >> thank you very much. what counties, before you go? what counties? we talked about states but there are counties perhaps in other states that might give you a sense, are there any that stand out? >> im looking at three counties. this is the 2012 map. this is the obama/romney race. lets start early in the evening in virginia and im going to go to fairfax county. barack obama won it by 21 points so its not a battleground county but its a ...

Interestingly in minnesota, this is a state where currently hillary clinton has, i think, about a seven or six-point lead. minnesota has not voted for republicans since 1972. not even during that sort of 49-state landslide for ronald reagan, walter mondales home state, went for him, but the campaign manager said this morning that they see minnesota within three points. interesting some say head scratching stop for trump, but ill tell you what the priority is, michigan, that is where his last cam...

In the second district by seven points. thats a surprise. >> i never heard of that poll. >> i havent either. i havent seen a poll that has trump behind that much. is that the only maine 2nd poll that we have? >> ive never seen that poll. never seen maine 2nd poll. >> that poll is wrong. thats why we were confused. >> im not familiar. trump is up. poll is wrong. lets give maine 2nd to trump. not saying it will happen but it could happen along with nate silver -- >> 41-38 trump in maine. >> okay. ...

Other state parties. folks are talking about that. at one point, i thought, you know, he kind of banished, because hell lose by five, six, seven points. doesnt seem to be the case. i think this election may get a little closer. i dont know if we can get above 230 votes. >> thats whats interesting. suddenly -- im with you, al, i think a lot of republicans who thought they were getting ready the to rebuild the party, your mitt romney and ryans, trump world believes they should not only have a seat...

Myeople are intrigued when you said you can call nevada after tomorrow night. what makes you so confident? >> well, im not that confident. you know how we pundits are, we talk more confidently than we r. listen, there will be two-third, charge county is a hugely democratic county the democrats build up this firewall in terms of early votes and absentee ballots return. they have a 55,000 vote lead right now in that county. theyre hoping to get it up above 60 maybe closer to 70 in 2012 when it was...