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Democrats might outperform what you think they would in an off year election, and that has been the one thing joe biden has been consistent on in how he operates as a candidate and president. theyre looking at the same polling data we are. they know what his success measure will be. it will be those two things. >> jim vandehei, thank you very much, thanks for being on way too early as well. good to have you. now, to some important new reporting on the world of tech. facebooks instagram app is ...

And saying its a biden plus 30 state, every voter tunes in when they get a ballot laid to them, it lands the election right in their face, in their mailbox. in a state like california, that might help democrats, and the other thing along the lines, everyone, media, people, everyone just started paying attention to the race as it got closer, as the media coverage really picked up, certainly democrats kicked up their efforts. as it got more attention and came into the spotlight, i think people jus...

The real action is lets see how these districts are redrawn. the map does look good for republicans. what type of candidate do they recruit and what is that environment. where the biden administration is right, if they can get the coronavirus to start to fade and jobs continue to rise, democrats will be in as good as position in an off year election. those are the things people care about the most. we have seen that consistently in polls, and i think thats why its one of the things that both the...

Democrats usually do better, where the turnout expands where youre running against donald trump, im liking, if im a democrat, im liking very much what im seeing this morning. i think just because i would be so paranoid. in politics you run scared, run ten points behind. like steve, i would wait to see how the numbers were in orange county, and look at the swing districts the democrats could pick up in 2022 and overlay those numbers. for me, im sure republicans may look at this differently. for m...

Im not sure if its that grim for him, but that virginia race closer than i ever expected it to be. whats it looking like there, and why is that race still so tight? >> id say like a more interesting and more telling race. virginia is interesting because it was so republican, and then it became purple and quickly a democratic state, a state that if you just look at the demographics now, do favor democrats in a way we never would have talked about six years ago. in these off year elections, obviou...

They talk so much about trump, looked at the map, the biden plus 30. they said, hey if we can replicate that or come close, were going to do fine. they came close to replicating it. >> steve, thanks, to willies point, joe, what steve is showing us now, this didnt seem as resounding at one point. and it what would you call it, a message for democrats, a wake up call? i mean, there were a few unforced errors or just realities that played against him whether it be the dinner at the fancy restaurant...

When the race got national attention as steve talked about, the polls dropped that showed a far closer race than people would have anticipated in such a deep blue state. that worry eased in recent days. the polling was trending newsoms day. i woke up to messages this morning, they think the fact that the covid messaging was so strong for newsom, people were supporting how he has handled the pandemic there, including pushing vaccines, so the mandates, you know, focusing on the health and safety, ...

So many people, and most of his jokes, as you know, we cant deliver this morning on tvp because from the mouths of anyone else you would be run out of show business. norm macdonald made people laugh when he stepped on a stage. >> were of course showing pictures of his burt reynolds which on jeopardy remains just a classic, and our kids will be laughing at that 30, 40 minutes from now. >> well have more on his legacy coming up. californias democratic governor gavin newsom survived an attempt to...

White voters with a college degree. the county in california that has the highest share of white voters with a college degree by far and away, its across the golden gate, straight there, marrin county, north of san francisco, staunchly democratic, staunchly liberal area. this did jump out at me 50% of the electorate, white voters, the recall failed 84% here. there are a few votes to be counted here. it failed with 84%. the recall did worse here than donald trump did. jooids number -- joe bidens ...

All eyes are on it for clues for 2022. lets see exactly where the number lays in orange county, which is basically going to be counted in orange county, mail ballots that were dropped off on election day, thats sort of whats left there. lets see how it moves it all as that final 20% comes in. but again, it really looks very similar to 2020 and anything similar to 2020 in orange county i think republicans could survive in those seats that they picked off in 2020. but democrats could definitely ge...