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♪ ♪ >> i understand from very reliable sources that senator kennedy served as a great force in making the release possible. >> all of a sudden, jack kennedy was champion of the greatest civil rights leader of them all. >> im positive it changed the voting patterns of a lot of african americans. >> and nixons support amongst black voters falls off. >> nixon usually had good political instincts about this kind of thing, but he blew it. >> theres no doubt bobby and jack kennedy exploited that. ...

Know that she feels very badly about it. it was just sort of said in jest. shes a tremendous woman. its a shame she has to go through this. i think shes going to do very well. >> the contest has made headlines with the issue of race front and center, described as a "bare knuckle brawl infused with politics." earlier she made a joke about attending a public hanging. >> if it was a public hanging, id be on the front row. >> im just going to throw this out to the panel. mississippi, the last time a...

To vote like college whites in the north. you saw this not just in california but you saw it in texas in the seventh and 32nd district. you saw it in georgia, the sixth district. you saw it in kansas. this is a trend that were seeing across the country, is that education levels are beginning to take on paramount importance compared to everything else in terms of voting patterns, especially among white americans. >> that should change how republicans are running specifically there for example? >>...

It was also about policy. the democrats here, they ran against the republican tax cut because obviously, it hit people in california pretty hard. is that easier or harder to overcome than it is running away from an unpopular president trump? >> you have to look at all of these congressional races, independent races are not a one size fits all. the people that ran in this county wisely would have looked at the policies that are important to people in that district. and unfortunately, a lot of the...

Standards. standards the same for arizona and florida and every other state in federal elections. and if we did that, we would take the shenanigans out. the same voting patterns. the same protocols should be followed elections. uniform standard for everybody. brian: brad blakeman thank you very much. we will be following georgia, florida and arizona the next few days. the caravan set to get back on the road today as the trump administration new crack down on asylum seekers. live in mexico next h...

Nearly double. truly stunning. nbc broke out these key break states, arizona, florida, georgia, indiana, montana, and nevada, tennessee and texas. in every single one of them where the total of early vote at this point in the race in 2014 is just dwarfed by the number of people who have turned up this year, four days out from the election. here is one really interesting thing that we have noticed in the voting patterns this year so far. we notice this in part because we have been so interested w...

Apples-to-apples comparison, look at that. thats how many people have already voted nationwide. nearly double. its just stunning. nbc broke out these key eight states, arizona, florida, georgia, inldiana, montana, nevada, texas. in every sing one of them you see that same pattern where the total early vote at this point in the race in 2014 is just dwarfed by the number of people that have turned out this year, four days out from the election. and heres one really interesting thing that weve noti...

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Spoken to a leader. now, does it mean this person wasnt deranged or unstable or not rational? of course. it changes peoples voting patterns. it changes peoples beliefs, and for some percentage of the population, they do horrible things. the notion that we shouldnt condemn public officials for saying things which contribute not only to crime but to animosity and hatred and bigotry, its a unique position. listen, do we think that george wallace who is the governor of alabama in jim crow south comm...

Whats behind it? >> this midterm election cycle is generating voting patterns that seem to diverge from midterm election cycles in past history. and part of the reason thats important is that it means theres a good chance some of the results in some of these hot-button races may not match what pollsters are predicting. in the 2016 presidential election, american voters showed up, you know, came out to vote in patterns that didnt track with the historical precedent. and its likely that that break...