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Editor at large bill crystal and managing editor of the beat. blue states are getting bluer. red states are getting redding. there were a lot of pick ups. when you look at the map that way and you see less and less states remaining purple, less and less voters voting on a split ticket as the polling shows, bill, what happens next? >> i think its generally right. the partisanship and polarization has intensified. theres states that were swing states arent so much swing states anymore. ohio and io...

Schultz. this hasnt just been about a split ticket. as we are seeing it here. its been a hot mess, as larry says. down in broward county. >> kennedy: in florida, as many of us ate. it goes county by county. they are allowed to have whatever system they want. theres a lot of discretion left up to the county. i understand why bill nelson and rick scott are both so upset. because we have seen what can happen in florida. we also know -- and this, i think, is the most fickle thing. we know these elec...

Point of view because its critical for the future of our country. >> governor, are you running for president in 2020? >> i have no clue what im doing in the next day. i know im going back home tonight. i dont know, alisyn. we dont know whats happening in politics today. we dont know whats going to happen tomorrow. >> i know. >> i just dont know. >> governor, listen, you have long talked about bipartisanship and how important that is. just now youre talking about how you dont like how hardened ea...

Trouble for donald trump because we do know that democrats hold a slight lead over republicans in the number of ballots returned early. but of course in a state like florida, that doesnt tell us much because in our reporting, we have spoken to many florida voters who are splitting the ticket this year. so not voting along party lines, but many registered republicans who are going for a clinton/marco rubio option. senator rubio of course up for reelection. so that split ticket definitely somethin...

One -- it looked like a difficult cycle going in for republicans with perhaps a split ticket between the presidential candidate and the senate candidates. what the senate candidates have done is to perform a solid get out the vote effort for their campaigns that i think will help to carry through in the tough races, in a tough year. >> jon, this has been, lets be honest, a rancid campaign. a rancid time to be alive and love america. >> yes. >> you have authored "the gold standard biography of a ...

I believe there are efforts in place through the republican party, through the democratic party to make sure that doesnt happen so that all legally qualified voters will be able to cast their ballot. what worries me a bit is the serious efforts to turn out the vote that have taken place on one -- it looked like a difficult cycle going in for republicans with perhaps a split ticket between the presidential candidate and the senate candidates. what the senate candidates have done is to perform a s...

Donald trump in naples, florida. as we wait for him to come out, just briefly, what does this all mean for marco rubio and his race against patrick murphy? >> well, marco rubio is trying to get as far from trump as possible without having to throw him under the bus. so far, it is working. rubio is winning in all the polls. donald trump is losing all the polls. were looking at a split ticket. but if hillary clinton winds upbeating trump by five points which used to seem like something that would ...

Split ticket or hillary and the democrat. lets start with fernand in florida. >> boy, oh, boy. >> you put me on the spot there. hillary absolutely carries forward. im going to tell you why i think she bears this out. the other day we came out with a poll that shows ym dade county is tied but thats an increase for patrick murphy. im going to say hillary clinton and patrick murphy in florida. >> absolutely. im going to go to jon ralston. if you had to predict in nevada. >> i guess i would say im p...

Are politicians to be a part of. i think it shows this kind of mult multi-facetted thing. this is a kind of a new area of philanthropy. these people think as the political thing as a fill a-- philanthropic thing. >> joe ricketts gives all the credit for the philanthropy to his wife, she does everything. talk about a split ticket, he has a daughter who is a gay rights advocate, a son who is governor of nebraska. >> november issue of "town & country," jay, thank you very much. >> thank you!

Democrats win in november? >> well, absolutely it can help. for the reasons you just set out. i mean the democrats are hoping that dan patrick, the challenger of the incumbent, the establishment republican wins, he likely will win today, be the nominee. he becomes a fat target for democrats who are able to say, listen to the tone. exactly what you just showed. where the nominee of the republican party, if dan patrick is the nominee, is talking about immigrants as invaders, that this is an invasi...