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Support for clarence thomas among african-american voters surged after the hill/thomas hearings. he had higher support among black voters than he did among white voters. so democrats, particularly those up in 1992, a year later looked at that and said a major part of my constituency, voters im going to be relying on to get re-elected are for this nomination. therefore, i cant be against this nomination. those were the key votes, democratic votes that actually got clarence thomas confirmed in 199...

Constituency. why? >> all these wild reports from different think tank that is are pushing an agenda. they use that extreme number, that type of data to try to scare folks. itis not the truth. the truth is, we are trying to fix the system, fix the problem. >> just to be clear, what i read was that you said that under the senate version, 100,000 of your constituents would lose their health insurance? >> no, i was asked what reports have aseen about what would happen. i have seen reports that are ...

News poll out yesterday, that the muslim ban does seem to have a popular idea. about half of voters are in support of that plan. and among republican voters, the support numbers are even higher. >> but you know what i thought was so fascinating, jeremy, from that fox poll is the fact that 2/3 of republicans that were polled now see trump as a serious candidate. were talking about 65%. that is a reversal from june when 64% saw him as a side show. how did he change their minds? >> absolutely. you ...

Number two spot, an unlikely front runner for the nomination. retired, dr. ben carson is the only candidate in the republican field pulling support numbers in the double digits. in a new des moines register poll of possible caucus goers has risen to 18% of support, within five percentage points of trump. he has outpaced experienced political veterans in his first f foray into politics. the comparatively mild-man innered carson has managed to attract his own sizeable share of supporters. just las...

Called harper, which is a republican firm, they also polled virginia as a state on the overall issue of supporting immigration reform in the state of virginia. and they found very similar numbers. again, they asked about two different versions of immigration reform and the support number in virginia, the support numbers were 2-1, 3-1 in favor. 60% of virginians said theyd be more likely to vote for an elected official that supports immigration reform. only 23% said the theyd be less likely. so h...

Immigration reform, in fact, the more they seem to like it. and by huge numbers. and yes, this is public policy polling, which is a democratic leaning firm, but this does not appear to be an outlier. last year, ppp and another group called harper, which is a republican firm, they also polled virginia as a state on the overall issue of supporting immigration reform in the state of virginia. and they found very similar numbers. again, they asked about two different versions of immigration reform a...

Of virginia. and they found very similar numbers. again, they asked about two different versions of immigration reform and the support number in virginia, the support numbers were 2-1, 3-1 in favor. 60% of virginians said theyd be more likely to vote for an elected official that supports immigration reform. only 23% said the theyd be less likely. so how do you make sense of these numbers? contrary to all the beltway norms, all the initial shock punditry last night, this does not appear to have b...

Who are without health care, really the system needs to work. >> and i want to ask you about another poll thats just out. 76% of americans support raising the federal minimum wage. thats 5 points higher than it was in march. can supporters in congress use those numbers to make a realistic push to pass legislation, do you think? >> well, i hope so because ive joined with my colleague, george miller from california, in introducing an increase in the minimum wage to $10.25 an hour. i think that its...

Of you. when you look at the polling, forget the polling on the support numbers for obama. when you look at the polling on americans who are demanding reform, who are saying if given a choice, majority of americans dont want barack obama or mitt romney to be president. the congressional approval ratings are at an all-time low. how is that manifesting on the campaign trail either through the quality or nature of the crowds? or by crowd sizes or any other variable? interested in whether you see a ...

Of you. when you look at the polling, forget the polling on the support numbers for obama. when you look at the polling on americans who are demanding reform, who are saying if given a choice, majority of americans dont want barack obama or mitt romney to be president. the congressional approval ratings are at an all-time low. how is that manifesting on the campaign trail either through the quality or nature of the crowds? or by crowd sizes or any other variable? interested in whether you see a ...