place because of the backlash against the stringent covid measures that governor newsom took last year in the most conservative parts of the state. but over this summer, as he has imposed a statewide mask mandate in schools, the mandate for health care workers, for educators, for state employees, and the issue has gone to the broader electorate, not just the narrow slice that was ness to get it on the ballot, he's taken command of the race by emphasizing his support for those mandates and painting the republicans as a risk to them. that was the first point out of the president's mouth tonight when he came here. so in many ways, i think you're going to see this contrast echo beyond california. >> yeah. there isn't a case -- i don't know. is there a scenario where democrats are overconfident and don't show up tomorrow? >> yes. >> and then, you know, could lose it? >> well, i think there's a case where it could get closer than it appears in the final polling because of that. the republican hope of winning