buchanan play which is cut the country in half and we'll get the bigger half, and in the '72 election they did. even though they committed some illegal crimes on their way to doing that. there's a question what does it mean for democratic legitimacy and representational legitimacy in which a country there's a decent strategy to govern 45% or 43% of the country? >> i think that's why democrats have been trying so hard to shore up every single piece of the base. the analysis we just heard is very well-put, and i think it's a lesson democrats need to take seriously because that's what happened in 2016. there were just enough people in just the right places president trump could eke out a victory. he could lose michigan and pennsylvania, keep all the other states that he won, and win re-election. i think that part of what i've been seeing from the democrats, particularly on the campaign trail at some of the events like the union forum in ne