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She needs those ticket splitters to come to her. >> so far it sounds like for people who dont like mitch mcconnell a ton of good news. what happens when she has to balance this national fund-raising support, this enthusiasm from the resistance with what you just alluded to vaguely as is your way, youre a politician. >> i was. retired. im liberated. im free. >> youre not anymore. >> im free. >> you look a little bit like a politician. my job is to call it as i see it. youre alluding to something ...

Democrats. there were genuine ticket splitters. >> before you call it the good old days. before people say people were tougher on barack obama because he was black. jerry fallwell, the main player in evangelical politics accused bill clinton publicly of murder. >> im aware. >> that was pretty bad. >> but im not talking about, when i talk about the polarization thing, im not talking about the vitriol level, a lot on clinton, bush, on obama, different kinds but just the degree to which the polariz...

>> a big rush this morning. long line. people had to wait to vote. took about 10 minutes for the voters to go through. at stake, as you said, is the congressional seat in the first district in pennsylvania. this is one of the most closely watched races in the country. brian fitzpatrick and wallace. on the ballot today are very strong democratic incumbents for governor and senator and they are expected to win. the question is can that momentum pull scott wallace across the finish line? thats what...

Bucks county. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: these are your old stomping ground. you know bucks county well. its known for its ticket-splitters. the first congressional district has been redrawn since 2016. this area went for hillary clinton in 2016 by two points, but it has a republican congressman. his name is brian fitzpatrick. and he is trying to hold off a very strong challenge from the democrat named scott wallace. he is the grandson of one of fdrs vice presidents, henry wallace. ...

Focus their attention exclusively on republicans and in addition you have ticket splitters that would put a check on the president than give him a blank check. >> post-alabama, yet another one of the wake-up calls that some people are hitting the snooze part on too often. you could pick apart a specific race but the trend line is the same. democratic is surging. the republican leadership view is this. were not going to do much slate legislating and were going to run on the ticket, is that a good...

Republicans are highly motivated to get out. and donald trump has presumably lost altitude in your state. >> one of the things ive seen change over time is weve always been a battle ground state, but we are sadly a lot more polarized than i remember in early years. fewer ticket splitters. and just a deeply held partisan views. ive seen that change over time. but i think 2018 will be a lot about the field and a lot about who turns out to the polls. and what i see in my state and across the countr...

And the president of the united states, a republican, gives her a campaign ad. flies to north dakota where she can say im the middle person trying to bridge the japan. >> a >> -- gap. >> she barely won, i think she won something like 3,000 votes. >> only democrat to win state wide in north dakota. >> she has played this very smartly, shes voted for all of his cabinet, nominees, except betty devos, this is brilliant for her, i think on donald trumps part, shes going to need a lot of those trump v...

Counselor, two, joseph kennedy, six. >> thank you, rachel. i appreciate it. margaret, you were interested in down ballot and its interesting because theres a tie, right? >> there is a tie. i think how republicans have seen -- those of us republicans who have had a hard time supporting donald trump but care deeply about holding the united states senate are really looking to whether there were ballot splitters, ticket splitters. it was sort of settling down in the final days of the campaign as tho...

But the downside is this is kind of marginal and were talking two or three percentage points and if, you know, hillary clinton ends up winning, say, a new hampshire or a nevada, chances are the democrats are going to probably end up winning those senate contests as well as other down ballots. because turnout ends up mattering so much. im just not sure there are a lot of ticket splitters. >> thank you so much, greatly appreciate it. coming up, justin timberlakes selfie taken inside a polling plac...

Is that right, dana? >> absolutely. he is right. republican on a national lettve and key swing states where senate republicans are neck and neck with democratic challengers, people have sort of signaled to voters, we dont think that it donald trump is going to win. we they hillary clinton is going to win. therefore, youve got to vote republican on the senate level for that check and balance. now, democrats are trying to make the case that that doesnt really work with voters, but the fact that yo...