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Quick thought. >> big time. big time. he has a message of inclusion that resonated with all americans. make america great again resonated within the black community. the democrats, its going to take some time for these numbers to flip in terms of this monolithic black voting pattern for democrats, but i believe donald trump has begun to chip away at it. if he continues it, it will spell doom for the democratic party. >> when i look at you guys i see a great law enforcement officer and a great ra...

Voted for donald trump. in wisconsin, 54% of white voters chose obama in 2008. on tuesday, only 42% voted for the democrat. the same voting pattern was amplified in ohio. pennsylvania saw virtually the same trend and so did michigan. joining me now to help explain the rust belt shift from obama to donald trump is filmmaker michael moore and robert p. jones of the public relations institute. michael, youre one of the few people that called this election. we were on real time together when you sai...

Policy in the region because the united states has a dog in this fight. the united states has interests in the region that could be damaged. >> i agree. >> it also drove this wedge in many ways into -- it opened some space that the president was able to then jump into. i talked to white house press secretary josh ernest on friday at some length on this issue. theyre at the point where theyre saying, look, when we were at the united nations and we said, you know what, were not going to support th...

Principally against a two-state solution because it inflames anti-semitism in the region inflames anti-american sentiments in the region. president obama was taken aback by the comment and said we have to re-evaluate united states policy in the region because the united states has a dog in this fight. the united states has interests in the region that could be damaged. >> i agree. >> it also drove this wedge in many ways into -- it opened some space that the president w was able to then jump int...

Moderate way. and two, is this a strategy that other republicans threatened with tea party challengers will employ? because previously what weve seen is the old story the republican gets challenged by the tea party. they run as far to the right in the primary as they can. they may not make it. this is a totally new dynamic where cochran actually tried to move to the middle to pick up this new coalition and it worked. >> it did work. i think it depends on the state. i mean, of course as you know,...

Nonrepublican voting pattern in ohio. >> thats it, lawrence. and they know that a disproportionate ll i, the early and in-person vote in urban areas tends to be utilized. but that is not a reason to impact the integrity of elections. they want to talk about the integrity of elections, making sure that peoples votes are not suppressed, making sure that people feel like their voices can be heard in the democracy, that is important. and, you know, we have laws on the books right now that are workin...

It companies y comes to midterm. a similar voting pattern. the gap has shrunk over the years. you can look at it. it always pops back up from whatever it was the presidential election before that. built on younger nonwhite voters. the republicans have consolidated older voters and white voters. and in a midterm year, that gives them a near-term advantage. though potentially slowly fading away as the decade rolls on. joining me now, david wasserman, the house editor for the cook political report....

Brief. barack obama improved his overall vote total for the democrats from 04 to 08 by five points, more than kerry. for all voters. among african-american voters, it was seven points. two-point difference. so whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isnt a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i dont think we should file as whole issue aroun...

For all voters. among african-american voters, it was seven points. two-point difference. so whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isnt a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i dont think we should file as whole issue around race under his inability to communicate his policies. its really up to us to try to move beyond some of the discuss...

So whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isnt a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i dont think we should file as whole issue around race under his inability to communicate his policies. its really up to us to try to move beyond some of the discussions weve been having around this presidency because he is black. if we do that we might s...